This is an analysis of the poem He Has Only Given that begins with:
I've only told a few.
Not even you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAXbXcXbXde Xb AAbbffe Xg ffcg Xbcg bdgGGXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,2,7,2,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 1101 1001111 111101 01010101 101 11011101 000100 11010101 1101111001 11 01110 1111 110101 1101 111 111 1110 11101 0111 1111 101011 1010111 0010101101 00101011 1111111010 111110101 111011101010 110010 011101011 000101111 11100111 111111010 111010 111010 111 111100100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; he, has, only, given are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, he are repeated.
The author used the same word i've 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 given is repeated).
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- summary of He Has Only Given;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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