This is an analysis of the poem It Is that begins with:
What there is I give,
Is given and not to borrow....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbaXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 01011011 11100101 1111 1100010 1101 00
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of It Is;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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