This is an analysis of the poem Giving Up that begins with:
Giving up!
I don't know, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD ABCC ABXX EAEAfDfD ABcc ABCD ABCC EAEAfDfD ABcEEABXdfDaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,4,4,4,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 111 01000 11101 101 111 01000 011001 101 111 11010 1010100 1101010 10101 11110010 10101 1 11110 1 0010 101 111 111 011 101 111 01000 11101 101 111 01000 011001 1101010 10101 11110010 10101 1 11110 1 0010 101 111 1 1101010 11110010 101 111 11 1110 1 0010 1101 111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word giving at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Giving Up;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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