This is an analysis of the poem 'Your' Gift that begins with:
Do you 'still' not know what it is that you want?
Has time you limited prevented this to happen? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc XdXdXacba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111100111 1111000100010 1111011000101 11111011110111 1 0100 101111010111 1011101010010 10 1101 11111010 11010101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
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- summary of 'Your' Gift;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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