This is an analysis of the poem Benefits I Was Close To Giving Away that begins with:

I have learned not to turn away,
From a process taking place I may dislike....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdebabcd X b X f X beXg XfbX Xe XXcX hXghbXcb XX db X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,1,1,1,1,1,4,4,2,4,8,2,2,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 00111011101 1011011 111111 00111100 000010110010 110100000100 1010011101001 0111 111101101 00011000100000101 101 1 110110111001000 111010 10100111110111 01 10010 1 1110001010 111010 1111010 1100101101 111110 1 001101 1 1 1010101101010 1110100101 1 101 11011010 1101 010010 1001101011 10011100 110100101 1 110101011 1100 1110010110 1111010 110110101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.

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  • summary of Benefits I Was Close To Giving Away;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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