This is an analysis of the poem Leaving A Seeking To Leak From One's Heart that begins with:

Giving without expectation to receive,
Is the best prescription one can get....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCCdB CeBfDgBe CeBfDgBe B ABCCC CeBfDgBe BB CeBfDgBeXB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,1,5,8,2,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011010001 001010111 11010001100 0010011000100 0100100 101000100101 1001001011 0100100 0 1111101 0 010000101 1 010110010 1 0100100 0 1111101 0 010000101 1 010110010 1 1001001011 10011010001 001010111 11010001100 0010011000100 0100100 0100100 0 1111101 0 010000101 1 010110010 1 1001001011 1001001011 0100100 0 1111101 0 010000101 1 010110010 1 1001001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words unlimited, leaving are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Leaving A Seeking To Leak From One's Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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