This is an analysis of the poem Most Treasured And Precious Gift that begins with:

Show first you are packaged,
With a mind firmly wrapped....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddecXdee bXXeea bbfabX eXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 001101 1010101 10010 0100010110 01 011001 0100 100110 1011101 0011101 1101100 011100 10010100 1010100 1010 11010001 100011111 11101 011 11110 1101 10101 11010 110101 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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 word i is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Most Treasured And Precious Gift;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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