This is an analysis of the poem The Fun Of Forgiving that begins with:
Sometimes I'm almost glad to hear when I get home that they've been bad;
And though I try to look severe, within my heart I'm really glad...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb aabb ddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101110111111101 1111010101110101 1101010101010111 0111110001000111 1101010101110111 1111011111010111 1101010101011010 1101010101000111 0101111111010011 1111110101111101 11111100101110101 1011110101000111 0101000111001101 0101010111111111 0101010101010101 0101111101000111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, to, them, and, your, if are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, if are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word fun at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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