This is an analysis of the poem Lute Song that begins with:
What will you send her,
What will you tell her,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa aaaa bcbc Xaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110 10110 11110 11010 11110 11110 11110 10110 10111 1111011 10111 10011 111011 10010 10010 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, that are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her is repeated).
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- summary of Lute Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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