This is an analysis of the poem Unwrapping Of Some Painful Facts that begins with:

To be without things easily received,
Then taken....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXaXbXd eceXbdcc cbXce XdXecee eaeeXbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,5,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0001110001 110 100101 110111 110101110 10100101001 10010 1101011010 01001001010 110111010 1110 1011101 1101001 011001001 1110100011111 00101001110001 100101110 10100110101 11101101 110 101101001 11001 110111110101 11001011 11011110100 0101000101000101 1011 101000100111 001001110011101 1100101 01110101110 1 1001001101 010010101001 1001 111111010 01100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, that, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Unwrapping Of Some Painful Facts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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