This is an analysis of the poem Giving Up To Give Away that begins with:
You're just another who has run out of luck.
And living amongst the others, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD eXeX BFBFBFDD BGBGBGDD ABCD bGBGBGDD BFBFBFDhXdh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,8,4,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111101 11001010 11010 01111 1101011 10001001 00101010 10011101101111 11 00100011 11 00100011 11 00100011 00101 101 11 01100010 11 01011010 11 01100010 00101 101 11010111101 11001010 11010 01111 111 01100010 11 01011010 11 01100010 00101 101 11 00100011 11 00100011 11 00100011 00101 1010101 101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
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; to is repeated.
The author used the same words you're, who 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 up is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word up at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Giving Up To Give Away;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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