This is an analysis of the poem Service that begins with:

I have no wealth of gold to give away,
But I can pledge to worthy causes these:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaababcdcdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1111010101 11111111001 1101110111 1111010111 1101010101 1111110101 1011011100 1111010101 01010010111 1111111111 0101010111 1101010111 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.

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  • summary of Service;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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