This is an analysis of the poem Equipment that begins with:

With what thou gavest me, O Master,
I have wrought....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba accddee aaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101110 111 11010100 0101111111 1100110101 1111 11111101110 01111101010 1011010110 10111011010 1011001101 1101101110 0111011101 1111001101 0111001011 10111100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Equipment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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