This is an analysis of the poem Love's Almsman Plaineth His Fare that begins with:
O you, love's mendicancy who never tried,
How little of your almsman me you know!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXXcXcdedeXbXbbXbXfgfgghghXgXgXh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110001101 1100110111 1101010111 10011111111 1110010011 111101001110 10010010010 111101010110 1110010101 11110110001 10110010001 1001010101 0110111100 10111000101 11101100100 1101111101 1001000101 1111110101 11111110001 0111010010 0100110111 0111111111 1101110111 1111010001 0111111101 01110100111 0110110111 0101111101 11011000011 1101111101 0101110110 1100011111 1111110100 11110011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1484
- Average number of words per stanza: 275
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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- summary of Love's Almsman Plaineth His Fare;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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