This is an analysis of the poem He Is Expected To Bless Them With Gifts that begins with:

I am on a mission to complete it.
Not to question each task, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabc cdXda eBFAGeaXaa BFAGXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,10,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110100010 101011 0110011100 111111 11011110010 1110101 01011 1101001111110 111110001101 1011001010010010 111001 11011 110001 0011100 01101001 11001001001 101110 10111110 011001101 1010010101 11011 110001 0011100 01101001 110100110100 10001000101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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