This is an analysis of the poem A Father's Tribute that begins with:

I don't know what they'll put him at, or what
his post may be;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeae afffXghg bieiacXc Xahagdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111111 0110 110101111101 01 111111001 11101 11110101111 101 101111111101 11 0111111111 1101 01010111010 101 11110101111 101 01111101011 111 1100111001110 1 101110010011 111 010011001100 01 0111010111 1101 010110010100 01 1011110101 1101 101111011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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