This is an analysis of the poem Father Son And Holy Ghost that begins with:

I have not ever seen my father's grave.
Not that his judgment eyes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: A bcdbdXedXcebee cefbgcehXggc eceebfhXdA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,12,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011101 110101 10010 10111 111010 11111 1111 1000110 10110 10111 100001 1011 1101010 11111011 111 11010010 10010111 110 11010101 1001 11010010 11101 11 111100 1001 1111 11 1101010 10010 110101 11110 10101 1110 010101111 111001 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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