This is an analysis of the poem Given Time By Another that begins with:
No one should volunteer their time,
To do willingly and without expectation......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXbb cbdX Xbe XX Xbe eaaXXced
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,3,2,3,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 011001011010 10111010 010001 0010011101 0110100101 1100111 111101 1101011101010 1100101000110 11 1110 11011 1111110100 1011101010 11 1110 11011 111 11111010 11111001 0010101 1110101010 1 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they are repeated.
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