This is an analysis of the poem Easy Service that begins with:
When an empty sleeve or a sightless eye
Or a legless form I see,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaababa cdcdeaea fcfcbcbc gbgbhihi jkjkkaka
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1110110101 1010111 111101111 10101101 11101110101 1100101 1111111101 1011101 1111101101 10101101 1110101101 0100111 1110100101 10100101 1110110111 1011101 1111001010 0100101 1011101010 1010101 1110111101 1100111 010110101 11100111 110011111 1010111 101010101 11100111 111101101 0100101 11100100101 1010101 110110111 1101101 1110100101 1101101 00100111101 11110111 110100101 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, and, of, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, how are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Easy Service;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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