This is an analysis of the poem Part Of The Price that begins with:

Take back, my friend, the gifts once given.
No fairer find I this side Heaven... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddaaddeeeeffgghheeggiijjaahh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101110 110110110 01011111 10010101 01010101 11011001 10111101 01110111 11010101 10010001 01010101 110011101 01001101 11011111 11110011 11000101 111111001 11010111 01011111 11010111 11110111 11110111 11010101 111111001 11111101 01110101 110001111 01110101 11010111 11011111 01001111 10110111 11111101 1101001101 1111110101 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 252
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; i, and, of are repeated.

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

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

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