Analysis of Giving And Receiving



Giving and receiving
Mean the same.

When one gives, he or she receives.
When one receives, he or she gives.

It is in giving
That one becomes a beneficiary.

It is in receiving
That one becomes a benefactor.

Giving is receiving and
Receiving is giving...
Always.
Always.


Scheme ax xx ax ax xaBB
Poetic Form
Metre 100010 101 11111101 11011111 11010 110100100 110010 11010100 1010100 010110 1 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 257
Words 47
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 42
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on April 02, 2023

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