Analysis of On Giving and Taking
Khalil Gibran 1883 (Bsharri) – 1931 (New York City)
Once there lived a man who had a valley-full of needles. And one
day the mother of Jesus came to him and said: 'Friend, my son's
garment is torn and I must needs mend it before he goeth to the
temple. Wouldst thou not give me a needle?'
And he gave her not a needle, but he gave her a learned discourse
on Giving and Taking to carry to her son before he should go to
the temple.
| Scheme | XXXA XXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111010111001 101011011101111 1011011111011110 1011111010 0110101011100110 110010110101011111 010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 380 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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