This is an analysis of the poem "Thank You, God..." that begins with:

Thank you, God: I dream of him more seldom,
And don't see him now in every place,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcdcdeabefgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101110 1111101001 011011010 1011100101 111010101 100100011 101011011 101110101 1110101110 101011111 1111101010 101100101 1111011110 101010001 11111110 001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 634
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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