This is an analysis of the poem What Would I Give To See His Face? that begins with:
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What would I give to see his face?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aXbXXbXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XcXcXXXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11110101 11000111000100 110101 1101000011 11110100 11100001 111100010 1110 100101000 110100010 1000100 101 10010000010 1101010 11110000111000 101100001000 10000110 1010000001 1100100010 11000100 1001110 10001 1101 10101 01001010 11000100100 01011 101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; give is repeated.
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- summary of What Would I Give To See His Face?;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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