This is an analysis of the poem Given And Taken that begins with:

The snow-flakes were softly falling
Adown on the landscape white,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe gbgbhbab ijcjgkik Xifigdkd cilihbXb bdedkeie ldadbmim
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101010 1010111 1010010111 101001 111111101 0101001 111111011 1110111 111110010 100101 001111110 0011101 11010110 1111111 101011010 1101111 11001011 1101111 101111011 110101 11111010 1100101 11101110 010111 1110011010 001000111 101011010 1110111 001001010 1010101 110101110 110101 111101011 1101101 111001010 110111 101001010 0011101 101010110 0010111 1101010 0110101 01001010 1111111 10111010 111111 111010110 1110111 011110110 1101101 11110110 1110111 111111001 1110111 110110010 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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  • summary of Given And Taken;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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