This is an analysis of the poem Advice Given that begins with:
Opportunities...
With the freedom of them given, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaddabeff XeafX ge gX ddf XaX D haaX Xbi X fd XhX g ddX X gcaccXiX D XdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,2,2,3,3,1,4,3,1,2,3,1,3,1,8,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100 00100010 0100111 0101010 101001 10101000 11010001 010101111 0010001111 10010110100 1100010110010 111010 00101101 110110111100 1110111001 11110011011 11101111011 010111 111 1111111 11100100 11111010001 11101010100 111110 11100111010 111 100 11011 00111111110 11011111101 001101000100 10 110100011110 111111001 101100101011 111111011110 1111111001 1 10101011 1100001111001 1111011111001 1101100001011 111010101 111100111010 111000010100 11 111111011 10100110 1001001011101 111010100101010 00101101011 1 10011 100 11010 10 010011001011
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, you, i, know are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
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- summary of Advice Given;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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