This is an analysis of the poem Service that begins with:
Here is a tale for proper men and virgins:
There was a woman once who had a daughter,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXaXXabcbbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10011101110 11010111010 01111101010 1101010110110 10110111010 10110011000 10010010010 110101110010 01110101010 01110100110 11011001110 11011111010 11010111010 11111101100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Service;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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