This is an analysis of the poem Why I'M Glad that begins with:

I'M glad I have a wife at home
That's patient, kind and true;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXded fdXdeaca bghgbigi fchcjeje
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 110111 101010101 111111 101111101 110111 1011100111 110111 101111111 1011111 11010111 1011111 101111111 010111 11111110 110101 101111101 110101 101111111 1011101 01010101 111111 111111101 011101 101111111 1011111 101011111 110101 101110100 1011111 101111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, 'm, glad, that, can are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is 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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