This is an analysis of the poem The Promise that begins with:
NOT charity we ask,
Nor yet thy gift refuse;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded fgfg dcdc hchc ieie X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011 111101 1111000101 100111 010101 111101 100101001001 010001 10111001 1101001 0101010111 011101 110111 010011 0111111111 110101 010111 1111000 1011000101 111111 101111 0100111 11011111101 101111 110101 010101 0101111101 111101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Promise;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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