This is an analysis of the poem The Gift To Sing that begins with:

Sometimes the mist overhangs my path,
And blackening clouds about me cling;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba XaccaXcaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 010110111 110010111 11110101 01010101 1101 10011101 10110101 01010011 11010001 1111 111100101 11110111 11111111 10111101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of The Gift To Sing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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