This is an analysis of the poem Giving Of Thanks that begins with:

Deep in the brooding shadow of thy wing,
Hidden and hushed and harbored here,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababc dedec fXfXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1001011011 10111101 1111010101 0111010101 010101011111 1001001101 11111111 1011110101 100010111 11011101011 11010111110 10110111 01011111110 11011110 011111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, of, for are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word rest at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • central theme;
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