This is an analysis of the poem Come To Me that begins with:
Come to me, come to me, O my God;
Come to me everywhere!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb abab bdbd eaea cXaeaeXebeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 101101111 101101 1011110101 1010101 1111111101 11100111 100111001 0110101 101110101 101111 1101110111 11011011 1111100101 1100101 11001001011 010101 010101101 1101111 1010101101 10100101 1 1 1111001 0100111 1010100101 0101101 010110101 1110011 1010011111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to, and, come, me, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, how, they, which, again are repeated.
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- summary of Come To Me;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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