This is an analysis of the poem To Sacrifice that begins with:
If you know what it is like to sacrifice,
With the rewards of the benefits to you received......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110010101 0001001000101 111100010000101 11101000100 1010101101 110010110 10011101 1111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Sacrifice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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