This is an analysis of the poem Thoughts Of A Father that begins with:
We've never seen the Father here, but we have known the Son,
The finest type of manhood since the world was first begun....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc dddd aaee ffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010101111101 01010111011110 110101011101001 01000111010101 11110101110101 01011111011101 01011101010101 11110101110101 11110111011101 11110101111101 11111101111101 10010001110111 01111100010101 11111101010101 01111101110111 01111101110101 01011111010111 11010101111111 11010111111111 11010000010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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; of, to, i, be, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, how, my are repeated.
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