This is an analysis of the poem Come To Give To Go that begins with:

Come to give to go.
From Sunrise to Sunset, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDC cec fbXBF FCFF gABCDC FCFFBF ABCEXABCEg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,5,4,6,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 011011 1101100 0010 11 10111101 01111 110010010 1010001 010100 101100 11100100 01000101 111 1101100 111 011101101 1 10101 011011 1101100 0010 11 111 1101100 111 011101101 11100100 01000101 10101 011011 10100 00100010111 10101 011011 10100 00100010111 0010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to, what are repeated.

    The author used the same word come at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Come To Give To Go;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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