This is an analysis of the poem I Know What My Master Does that begins with:
I know where my Master lives.
I need no invitation to visit where He is....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAA ABC dddddb AAA ABCAXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,3,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101 1111010010110 1111101 1111101 1100101010 110111101 1100010001011 110010110111 1101111011 01111100111 10010111010101 110110 1111101 1111010010110 1111101 1111101 1100101010 110111101 1111101 11 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, know, where, my, master, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, my are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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