This is an analysis of the poem One World We'Ve Been Given that begins with:

Oh no I just can't sit,
Without noticing it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbC DB EAFEAAAEAEDB AADB bCda EAFEAAAEAEDB AEDB AEDB AEDB DBXFdFfFF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,12,4,4,12,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 011000 10100010 00101 111010 1111110 110101001011 11101 1111100 110101000110 11101 1110101 11101 01001101 11101 10010100 111010 1111110 111111 011000 111010 1111110 110100010 00101 11111010 11011 110101001011 11101 1111100 110101000110 11101 1110101 11101 01001101 11101 10010100 111010 1111110 11101 10010100 111010 1111110 11101 10010100 111010 1111110 11101 10010100 111010 1111110 111010 1111110 11 1010 11 111111 11 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; one, world are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words as, one 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 world is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word living at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of One World We'Ve Been Given;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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