This is an analysis of the poem What Better Gift that begins with:
Best wishes.
Hoping you well with enough joy, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABc aDeaaXfXXaabe Xgahee aDiejbgecXXie aggghejjcjejXABcfh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,13,6,13,18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 10110011 011111110 0110101101 11010 101100010 01011101 10101110010 1101011111 111001 0010100 11010101001 1001011010 11 1101111 111101101010 11001110111 1101111111 11010010101 1011011011 11110101011101 1010101101001 0111001101 11010 11010111110 111101 10110111 011010001 10001101001 01011111 111 10100101010 010001010 0101001011100 11001 10110101101 11010010100 01010011111 11 111010101 0111010111 1110 10101010001101010 11 11101010 11011010 0010001001 110 10110011 111111001 1010 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; that, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
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- summary of What Better Gift;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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