This is an analysis of the poem It Was Given To Me By The Gods that begins with:
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It was given to me by the Gods—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXXaXXXXXXXaXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0110011010 11101010 11011010010 1111001 1100110 1101010 1011010010 11010100 111111000 1100010 011100010 110001 11100010 0101010 1101001010 0100000110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 17
- 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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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