This is an analysis of the poem As If They Are Exquisite Gifts that begins with:
She may not have been qualified,
To be their church organist......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb aXX ccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 0011100 10100100 111111101 0110101 01111 11111 1110110 1010111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of As If They Are Exquisite Gifts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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