This is an analysis of the poem Dedication: To M. C. M. C. that begins with:
THE well-
They come to it and take...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb aXcb DdXXXXeXDXXceba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 110011 1101110100 01 1101011101 010110111 0101 11 1101011100 010111 110110101 1010001111 1001011011 0101101101 110011101010 11 1101011111 11111111 0101010101 0101010111 0101111001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Dedication: To M. C. M. C.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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