This is an analysis of the poem O Servant Where Dost Thou Seek Me that begins with:

O servant, where dost thou seek Me?
O servant, where dost thou seek Me? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA a XX XX aX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,2,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 11011111 111011 1110010101 11100101010 10110111010 1010101010 0110110111111 1111001001 10111101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 65
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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