This is an analysis of the poem Benefactor that begins with:
Touch me in those places.
An invitation you do not need....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa bbbb caacXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110110 110101111 10111001 100110101 01011111 101 1111 1111101 11111010 1100111 111101001 10 11111010 1001 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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- summary of Benefactor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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