This is an analysis of the poem Salutation The Second that begins with:
You were praised, my books,
because I had just come from the country;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdb cXe aaXXfc cfdbg bc bchcXXXcX Xcecgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,6,5,2,9,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111 0111110010 111000101 111110010 111011 111011100 111011010 111010010010 01010100100 0011110 1101010 1001001 1001010100 1011101 111110010 1101011001 10011 101110011 111100 101010010 1011010 0100111110 11111010 101011 0101101100 11111 111101 1010010 11101010 100100010001 1001010 1001010 1011110 10111010010 110111 111111 11101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; go, with, your, dance, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here, go, dance are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of Salutation The Second;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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