This is an analysis of the poem Return Exactly What Was Given that begins with:
Return exactly what was given to you,
To the one who gave it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbc ddcb ABXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111001 001110 01001 110010101011 00100100110 10010101 001001010110101 110101 01010111001 001110 110101011100 101000011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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