This is an analysis of the poem Thanksgiving that begins with:
_The Superintendent of an Almshouse. A Pauper._
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b ccdd a cc b eebbeeccbb a ffddgghhbbbbcccggii e jXjkbbXbblbbllX bXccccddkkccll
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,4,1,2,1,10,1,19,1,15,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0100100110010 10010 1110011101 1101011111 1101110101 10010010101 10 1101010111 1111110111 10010 1110010001 0111010111 01110111010 11011111110 01010100010 11000001010 1001010101 0111010101 1111110111 0111010001 10 0111110101 1101011100 1111011001 1101111111 1101010101 1011010011 1111100101 11001111101 1011111101 0100010001 1101110101 10100010011 11010010101 1111110111 1101011101 1111110101 1001110001 110110010110 11010100010 1 1010110101 111111100 01011011001 111111 010100101 1101111101 1111 011100101 1110101111 11 0010110101 110100101 100111100 10100101001 1 10010 0101010101 1111111101 1101010001 0011011101 0101011101 0101010101 1111010111 1101010111 1111000101 01000101001 0101001101 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; my, for, tum, he, with, of are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
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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