This is an analysis of the poem The Father Of The Man that begins with:

I can't help thinkin' o' the lad!
Here's summer bringin' trees to fruit,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Ababcdcd dedecfcf gdgdhdhd aiaicbcbXAbabcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 110010101 11000101 11111100 01010111 11111111 11111101 01010111 11110101 01111111 11010111 110100111 11110101 01010111 11010001 11011111 11100101 01111101 11110111 01011101 11010101 01110111 11110101 11011101 11110101 01011101 10101101 11000101 10011101 10011111 11111111 11110101 11011111 11110101 10000101 11110111 11110111 01011101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', as, he, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', i are 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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