This is an analysis of the poem The Gift that begins with:

What can I give you, my lord, my lover,
You who have given the world to me,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111110 111100101 1101101110 011110101 1111110110 01100111101 11111001110 010101111 1111111110 01110101 11101111010 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 487
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; would, i, you, my are repeated.

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

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

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