This is an analysis of the poem Reflection that begins with:
You have given me riches and ease,
You have given me joys through the years,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcBc dedebcBc efefbcBc gXgabcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011011 111011100 111001011 001011011 111011001 11111001 111001001 11011111 1110111001 01011101 1110001101 11111001 111001001 011011101 111001001 11011001 1110101101 101011011 11111101 110011001 111001001 111011001 111001001 11011111 111011011 1110001111 111101101 01011001 111011011 101011011 111001001 01011011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; have, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Reflection;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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