This is an analysis of the poem Sacrifice that begins with:
I gave an eye to save from night
A babe born blind;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXX cdcdXd ededff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 0111 11010101 1111 01011101 1100 01010101 1101 10111101 1111 11110101 1101 11010111 10111 111100101 0101 11111111 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sacrifice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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