This is an analysis of the poem Service that begins with:
Chide me not, darling, that I sing
Familiar thoughts and metres old: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba XccX adda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 01011101 1111 11010100 111110110 11001111 1011 01011100 01101101 10010101 0111 11110001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, again are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, it are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase again connects the lines.
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- summary of Service;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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