This is an analysis of the poem The Gift Of God that begins with:

Blessed with a joy that only she
Of all alive shall ever know,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc dedecece fefegXge dhdhXiXi ibibeXeg Xchcgege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 01011101 11010100 11011101 10011011 010100001 11110101 00010001 11010101 11010101 11011111 01010101 01010001 11010111 01010101 01000110 11010111 01011101 01011101 01010011 11110101 110101100 01010001 11010101 01010001 11110111 11110001 01011101 01011101 11010001 11010010 11010101 11010101 11011111 11110101 11011101 11010101 11001110 100100111 11110110 111001000 11011100 11010101 01100101 01110101 11010111 11000101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Gift Of God;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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