This is an analysis of the poem Mysterious Is This Gift that begins with:

Whatever it is kept,
We keep to believe......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXacda AbDEFX eAECEaccg eAECEbb DEFX eaEdgeXeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,9,7,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001 11001 1001111 10 10011 11001 1111010 0101000 110001 001 10011010101 1111011 1101 11010 1 0100001 01 01010101 01 1111101 101100101 1001 111101 1 0100001 01 01010101 01 11111101 01110011 10011010101 1111011 1101 11010 1 010000111 01 111101110 11001001 1 0110010 1 1 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • 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; life is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word life is repeated.

    The author used the same words whatever, life at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines life is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase life connects the lines.

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

  • summary of Mysterious Is This Gift;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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