This is an analysis of the poem Give It While It Is There To Give that begins with:

Not intrigued by teasing.
Or one who welcomes being pushed to distress, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc XXba dXXe XebXacd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 11110101001 0101101001 1111010010 0011101 10100100101 111110010 11011100111 011011 1010111110 001111 11101001011 1010101111101 11101110 1001 1001101 101001101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Give It While It Is There To Give;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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