This is an analysis of the poem Requests Expected that begins with:
Often I am asked to read,
The works of others......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBD eebcX fbXaa ABCBD Xdefc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 01010 01110 1110100 1010101 1110000100100 100010101011 11010 11110 110111010 101010100111010 1110101 010111010001 111101110010 100111011001 1011101 01010 01110 1110100 1010101 1011110 00100011 101101001 1001010 10101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, to are repeated.
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- summary of Requests Expected;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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