This is an analysis of the poem Genuine The Gift that begins with:
I heard this said.
As I sat to be dismissed: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbcaX AadXX AaabeX XbbceCbfbgX aeCXfaX XbgXbXdXXgb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,11,7,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 1110001 1111010 01011111101 10111100101 1101 11010001 111111 00101010101110 1101011100 1101 0111111 1101101 10111 1110001 101011110 111110011 00100010 1101011110101 110011 1000111 100110 11011010 11011001001 0101111010 110111 001011010100 1111100111 100111 100110 010010010 1011000110 1 10111 1 1 110001 1111111 1 1101 1111101010 10101010010 1 1 110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 45
- 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 are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word genuine is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase decisions connects the lines.
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