This is an analysis of the poem The Sunset Years Of Samuel Shy that begins with:

Master I may be,
But not of my fate....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXCCdeeeeeebXfffXaXda eggebbcaaehheiieee XXdaXfXCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,18,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110 11011 1101011011 1111 11111 1011010101 11010 110111 11010111011 01011 101011 1101011111 11011 1101100 110100101000 1001000 10010 100100100100 1101111 10111 100 11010 111 11011 1011110 110010011110 111010 01011 01001011011 11101 11111 111001101101 111110 11111 0100101101 111111 11111 01101011001 010110 01011 1010111001010 0010100 0100100 1100101100100 1111011 111100 0010010001010 1011 11111 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; girls, and, kiss, they, me, at are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, they are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines girls, friends are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase girls connects the lines.

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