This is an analysis of the poem Giving Chapter V that begins with:
Then said a rich man, "Speak to us of Giving."
And he answered: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a b X X c X X X X c a d X e X f f a X X X g X X d f X f e b bXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110010100 1110 1111011101010 0011101011101 1111010111111111110011 101111011100100011001001011110010001010 1101011101 0110111101110100 111111000111111101101011100101111000 111111101101 11001001101001111001010 11111011110101 1111110111101100 111111111101011111110100010 111010100101010001 101011111100111110101 0010111100100110011010 1001010011111010110110 10111101 111111010 111110100101011111000 11011011110001000 0101101111010110 11111110010010 10110100010110101001101 1111010100100101010101101 1110101101111001010100101000010 111111111101011111111110111101 111110010001011100010 1010011110111111001011010 11010111101001110101111010110101111 1010100010101111 1001000011001010100110110111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 33
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 84 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 16
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; give, you, of, need, and, what, tomorrow, their, there, those, who, pain, to, your, that, his, from, giver, yourself are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Giving Chapter V;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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