This is an analysis of the poem The Gift that begins with:
What have we to give
To one who stands...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbccc adddeee affffff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 0111 100101 1001010101 1110111 0100101 111101111101 10101 1101 101111 1111110111 111101 111011 110101110100 11101 1101 110111 1101001101 101111 110111 101111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Gift;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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