This is an analysis of the poem The Posy-Gift. that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc daeee X fXfF aXgF X hehe icXc X jkik akak a fefe jljX a efef emem X fXfX Xnon X nXne iXaX X epqX aXkjX b iljl ccnc a bebe bcbc X rkrk elel X nkek ikXX X ebob onlX X eeee qjqj X ikik ellel X jglg dXiX X bkak lXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,5,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,5,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,5,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11010111 000101010 1000101 110101010 11011001 1101111 10 10111111 011101110 1 11010111 100101110 11111101 110101010 11011111 01010111010 11011001 110101010 1 01011101 010111110 01111011 010101010 11111101 110101010 1111111 110110010 1 1111111111 011111110 11011111 100111110 11011111 110101010 11011101 111111010 1 11010101 010101010 11010101 111101110 110010101 1101100010 11110111 110110100 1 110101111 111101010 11110101 110101010 11110101 0101001010 11111101 110001010 1 11010001 110101010 01110111 110111100 11010101 110111010 01011101 010101010 1 11010101 111111010 010111001 011101010 110011101 101111110 11110111 1101110010 1 11110101 11011110 11011001 110111010 11111111 0111011 10 11010101 110111010 1 1111111 0101010110 11110101 111100010 11100110 010111110 11011101 111111010 1 110110101 011001010 11001101 111111010 11010111 110101010 10111101 110101010 1 11010101 100111010 01001101 110111010 11110101 110111010 110101101 110100010 1 11111101 010111010 11111011 111101110 11110101 111001010 110101001 011101010 1 11011101 1101011100 111010111 0101010100 01111001 110100110 01010101 1010101010 1 110111110 110111110 111101010 010101110 11111101 010111110 1010101 011101000 1 11111111 110111110 11010101 011111110 01110101 0111111 01 10010101 110001010 1 111111101 110101010 1011111 110101010 11110111 110101100 1110111 110101110 1 11011101 100101010 01010101 010101010 11111111 011111010 01011101 0101111010 1 11011101 010111010 11010101 011111010 01011101 011101010 11011101 011011110 1 11111111 000100010 11011011 101101110 10110110 111000111 110110111 010101010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 61
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 204
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, i, smell, that, she, dear, of, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, 'such, and, to are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words giggled, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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