This is an analysis of the poem Pleasing Dad that begins with:
When I was but a little lad, not more than two or three,
I noticed in a general way my dad was proud of me....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb aaccdd eeaaaa XXddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11110101111111 110001001111101 11010111010111 01111101011111 11110111011111 11111111111111 11110111111100 111101111010101 11010101111101 100111001010111 11011101110101 11010101111101 11110111010111 11011101110111 11011111011101 111111100011111 11111111110101 01010111010001 11000111110101 111100101010111 10010111011111 11111101111111 11111111011101 11110111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, he, and, that, i'd, to, it, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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