This is an analysis of the poem Give Me A Smile that begins with:

I appreciate your efforts,
To clarify the exits....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabac adXcXcbe cfe cgXhdhi ajhba keji ffgXf Xfk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,3,7,5,4,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110 0101010 010100010 1101 010110011 1111110 110011 110000101 111010110010 101101111 1011010 1111010 10100001 111 111111111 11010 11010001 1011100 11110010001011 110111 010001101 1101 1001 111011 111110 111001 1001011 101111 0001010100 10111 0111110011010 111111111 01111 111011 1111111111000 10 11 10 11 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; and, you, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i 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.

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  • summary of Give Me A Smile;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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