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

Be more than his dad,
Be a chum to the lad;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbccdbdddeccae ccdaffgahhXeffieXcciaeecaiigbaacb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 001001 001001 10010001 110101 110101 10010 11001 11010 011110 1101 111101 110101 111101 00111 11011 10011 111011 10010 01011 11010 101010 1100110 11111 11011 11011 11011 010010 01010 111010 10011 110110 11011 0101101 10010 11110 11011 110011 01111 01111 1011 101101 10010 11101 1101 101111 0101 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, him, to, know, his, you, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words be, don't, know are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, are, you are repeated).

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