This is an analysis of the poem Thanksgiving that begins with:
Let us give thanks to God above,
Thanks for expressions of His love,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb bbXX debb deff gghh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11010001 10010101 110111001 11010011 10110101 10010011 11011001 11010101 10110101 11010101 11010101 10111110 11011100 10111110 10110101 101110111 10110100 10111111 10110111 10111111 10111011 10110001 10011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, be, for, and, thankful are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, thankful are repeated.
The author used the same words let, thankful at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Thanksgiving;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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