This is an analysis of the poem To My Good Master that begins with:

In fancy, always, at thy desk, thrown wide,
Thy most betreasured books ranged neighborly--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaacbadXXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101111111 11100011100 01010100111 11001111101 1101111101 1011010101 1001110100 0101010101 0110110001 1111010110 1110011011 010110100100 11010001101 11001110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of To My Good Master;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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