This is an analysis of the poem To A Young Ass, Its Mother Being Tethered Near It that begins with:
Poor little Foal of an oppressed race!
I love the languid patience of thy face:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccddaXeeddee ffgXbXeehhbbggggdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 110101011 1101010011 1101011111 1111011111 111110101 1101110101 1101010011 11011100101 1101010101 1101001101 0101110101 110100001010 10111101001 0111010101 1101010001 1001010101 1011010101 1101010101 1111011101 1011110101 1111111111 11000010100 1100011101 0101111111 1001110101 1111010011 1111101001 0111010001 1111010101 1101010101 11111101001 1101111101 111100101 1100110110 1101001101 0100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 778
- Average number of words per stanza: 141
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word poor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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