This is an analysis of the poem Giving Up Should Be A Thought To Rid that begins with:

Giving up should never be an option,
For anyone......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAABB AAABB BCDeec BB BCDBB AAABB BebAAABBXBBBeB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,2,5,5,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100110 1100 01001 1011100010 101100101 1011100110 1100 01001 1011100010 101100101 10001101 01110 011 010101000101 0011 1110 1011100010 101100101 10001101 01110 011 1011100010 101100101 1011100110 1100 01001 1011100010 101100101 10001101 0111010101 1 1011100110 1100 01001 1011100010 101100101 1011100010 101100101 101100101 1 101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; be, giving, up, should are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rid is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Giving Up Should Be A Thought To Rid;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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