This is an analysis of the poem The Call that begins with:

Mother of her who is close to my heart
Cease to chide! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcbca cdceed ffgXfhhg bfbXbeeb hcchcaiiac fdgdgdfXXbBhchcee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,8,8,10,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1000101011 101 1111111001 0010111011 110110101 0011101 11111101 10111 0011111101 1111011111 111101001 011001 101011001 1011 100100111 010100101 10011101 010101101 10010101 1011101 11101011 11010 10110111 1011100 10010011 111011111 11100111111 111101 11110101 1111 1010101101 0110100001 10100111 100100101 11001101 0111101 1010110001001 1111001 1101101111 10111101 100100111 10010101 110110101 110010111 1111001001 101110010 100011111 101 110111111 1011111011 110100101 110100111 1000101001 1110010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; that, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of The Call;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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