This is an analysis of the poem Lover's Petition that begins with:

Good Heart, that ownest all!
I ask a modest boon and small:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcXddXdbb dedecebbffdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101 11010111 1011101 11011101 1111010 110101 10010101 10010101 010001 1110 11010111010 110001 010101 11110101 110101 11001010 110101 010001 010001 010111 100111 11001101 1110111 11110101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Lover's Petition;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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