This is an analysis of the poem Benediction that begins with:
I wonder will you take it, Dear,-
My blessing, from me, when you hear... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aab ccb ccd eed bbX eeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001101 11001111 1100111 01010101 01010101 0111111 01010101 01010101 1101011 01000101 01011101 0111111 11011101 01010101 1111011 11011101 11011101 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words me, you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Benediction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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