This is an analysis of the poem How Can I Give That that begins with:

Thank you for helping me,
Protect my steps....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXXdd cbdaXadc ddbXdddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 0111 1011111000 1011 1111 0100010 00010111 11101 11111 1110 11111001 1110111 000101010100 101010100001 111011 01010111101 10101 111111 01111011000 1110000010 111101 01 1111010100 100111101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; you, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of How Can I Give That;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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