This is an analysis of the poem A Gift that begins with:
See! I give myself to you, Beloved!
My words are little jars... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXXccb XXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111101010 111101 1101110101 11111100 111101010110 01010 100100101 0100101110 1111101011 1010101 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of A Gift;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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