This is an analysis of the poem The Thanksgiving that begins with:
Oh King of grief! (a title strange, yet true,
To thee of all kings only due) ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXbeeffddggccbbhhiiggXhggjjhhcckkbeccggbell
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101010111 01011101 1101111111 10111001 1111111111 11110111 11011011 11010101 11111111011 11011100 11111011010 110101010 11101101110 111101110 1111110111 10111101 1010011111 111101001 0111111001 11101101 0111110111 01010101 1011010101 11010101 1101011011 10110111 11011010111 10110111 1111010110 10010111 1111010101 11010101 1101011101 11110101 11010101010 101101110 0111010101 11011111 1101111101 11010101 1101010101 11111100 0111110101 01110111 1101111101 11110111 1101111111 11110100 1111010111 01111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1959
- Average number of words per stanza: 384
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
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- summary of The Thanksgiving;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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