This is an analysis of the poem Giving And The Taking Was A Lesson Saved that begins with:

You make my days...
More sunny in the night time....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdAE FFD FF ED ABCdAE FFD FF ED FFD FF ED GHDGHDGHDGHD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,2,2,6,3,2,2,3,2,2,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1100011 1111 1 1111101 1101 1101 01001 101 0111 1111101 101010101010 11 1111 1100011 1111 1 1111101 1101 1101 01001 101 0111 1111101 101010101010 11 1101 01001 101 0111 1111101 101010101010 11 11111 11111 01010101010101 11111 11111 01010101010101 11111 11111 01010101010101 11111 11111 01010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; we is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, we are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word saved at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Giving And The Taking Was A Lesson Saved;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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