This is an analysis of the poem To His Book that begins with:
Make haste away, and let one be
A friendly patron unto thee;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXXXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011110 01010101 11011111 11010100 11110111 01111100 11010001 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of To His Book;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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