Analysis of What Is A Gift
Poem
What is a Gift?
8/4/2018 9:03 p.m.
A gift is bought.
A gift is given.
A gift comes from heaven.
A gift is dwelling within.
Just waiting to be discovered.
Where is your gift hidden?
Do you know?
Do you care?
Is your gift from heaven?
Is it just there just waiting to be discovered?
| Scheme | XXX XAAXBAXXAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 1101 11 0111 01110 011110 0111001 11011010 111110 111 111 111110 111111011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 286 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 10 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
This poem was inspired while assisting the less fortunate residents in Newark, N.J. Helping others help to manifest one's gifts.
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Written on August 04, 2018
Submitted by williamsonmarie240 on September 11, 2023
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