This is an analysis of the poem Wilt Thou Take Me For Thy Slave? that begins with:
Wilt thou take me for thy slave,
With my folly and my love?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbA XaccA XaddA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1111111 0110111 11111010011 1110101110101 11111110111 1111011 1011111 11110010011 1110101111101 11111110111 1111111 1011111 111110101110 11101011111110 11111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; thou, me are repeated.
The author used the same word wilt at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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