This is an analysis of the poem Serve Me The Draught Of Love's Ambrosia that begins with:

Serve me the draught of love's ambrosia
One bedecked with peacock feathers! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXXcAB ddXcAB bXXXAB ddXXAB XXddaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 10101110 01010010010011100 10101010110011 111101001010 110101010 10101110 10011101001 100100101001 110101011100 101010101010 110101010 10101110 111010101010 01101110 11100101001 1101110101101 110101010 10101110 101000101 101001010101011 1100111 01010110001001 110101010 10101110 11101001001 110111 1001101101001 10111011010 110101010 10101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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  • summary of Serve Me The Draught Of Love's Ambrosia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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