This is an analysis of the poem Those Free Fee Days Without Acknowledgement that begins with:

If I am to become of service to you...
At who's expense, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc cXc cXc dee dcdbefaX bcg gXbcfbhc ggdgg cdXhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,8,3,8,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101001 1101 111001 101 1100100 0110111 1101000 101101000111 111000100 0011111 11111011010 11101 101010001 111111011 1110 01101 11010110 11101 11101101 11011 11110111 11101 01101101 11101001 11001 11001010 111 0100111111 1101010 1010011111 1111001 1011 111010011 11 11010101 1011011 0000111 1111010100 11 00101110011 1111011 001000111101 0100001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

    The author used the same word and 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 me is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Those Free Fee Days Without Acknowledgement;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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