This is an analysis of the poem Offering that begins with:
To her who first unmade a poet and gave
Love and unrest instead of barren art,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 00110101011 1101010101 1101111101 0101010001 1001110111 1111010101 10010101001 0011111111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, to are repeated.
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- summary of Offering;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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