This is an analysis of the poem The First Embrace that begins with:

Come to me, grief, on my bosom press,
Lest it should burst with joy’s excess:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbbbc dddeadea ffghighi aajdcjdc gggajgaj gggdkgdk ggclXXld
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101111101 10110111 1000101011 100101101 11111 111111101 00111 001001101 101101101 11010010001 111001001 1111101101 10101 10100110111 10111 1011101 100111101 10110101 11111111 101111011 1011 10011101 11101 1011101 110101101 0010101101 0010010111 01110101 11111 100101001 0101 100111 111110111 010100111 110100111 10101100101 111011 1110100101 10100 1010101 111111101 110010101 10111111 1011010011011 1101 0011100101 1101 1001011 11101101 110011111 1010100101 111001101 10100 10011110 11001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word let is repeated.

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  • summary of The First Embrace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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