This is an analysis of the poem Sacrifices that begins with:
BEHIND full many a gift there lies
A splendid tale of sacrifice....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cbcbcdcd eaeafgfg hchciaib jhjhgagbXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,8,8,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011100111 01010101 11010101 01011101 01011101 010010101 01010101 10111011 11110001 01110101 01011101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11010101 01010101 010100101 11010101 011101001 01010101 11110100 11010101 11001101 01010101 01010111 01110101 110110010 11111101 100110101 11011101 10010101 01011101 01110101 11110101 01011101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word sacrifice at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Sacrifices;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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