This is an analysis of the poem I Went To Fetch Water From The Lake that begins with:
I went to fetch water from the lake, but my love wont let me, O mother!
Kneading my firm breasts, he lusted for the nectar of my lips, O mother!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaA XXA XXaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110001111111110 101111101010011110 110110001111111110 1011111100101001 111111111101001 110110001111111110 11100110111111 001000011001 1111101110 110110001111111110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
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; my, mother, o, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mother is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word mother at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of I Went To Fetch Water From The Lake;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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