This is an analysis of the poem Giving And Taking that begins with:

Who gives and hides the giving hand,
Nor counts on favor, fame, or praise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba caac deed fbXX XffX gccg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11110111 11010111 01000111 110111010 01011101 100110111 011111110 01011101 01111111 110011011 01000101 11010101 11110100 11110100 11010111 11010111 110101001 010001001 01011000 11111111 010100010 111101110 01110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; as, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Giving And Taking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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