This is an analysis of the poem Wait Till Your Pa Comes Home that begins with:

'Wait till your Pa comes home!' Oh, dear!
What a dreadful threat for a boy to hear....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word 'wait at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Wait Till Your Pa Comes Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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