This is an analysis of the poem That Is All I Ask Of You that begins with:
I gained more from my inability,
To press forward with a self centeredness....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbc XXdbbbb cccaeXXeedX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110110100 01100011000 1101000101 11011101 10100010 1100111 110011101 0101010101 1011010001011 1011010111 1111111011101 1101011101111 11110001000 11110111 100100100 1111110 111 1111010 1110101 011011 1011101 11001101010 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
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- summary of That Is All I Ask Of You;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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