This is an analysis of the poem A Hidden Life that begins with:

To My Father
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  • Rhyme scheme: a b cddccddcdccddc X deeddeedfggffg h dibgjgbgdkk ilfiemjkfbgnm lgcdklmXllbcdeg ekldblkobodgdffebf fgpeikfibgkm edkgdbkl dccqhcdgifdgkldemrlgrddldskogd ccelie fllskfemcXd hpllldefjfisgjcbtdkXuemlichfglXemlmllke nldllefldotbfefkklfedfgdmgfdlgoillfshag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,14,1,14,1,11,13,15,18,12,8,30,6,11,39,39,6,67,3,36,23,31,13,6,30,40,11,15,14,30,67,18,11,33,13,20,24,10,25,7,15,22,23,3,5,51,7,10,7,5,4,4,4,7,14,31,10,9,29,34,8,10,16,42,36,23,8,16,19,5,6,45,6,9,13,7,4,4,4,4,4,4,31,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 82
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 721
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 1413
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; of, and, he, saw, his, her, not, it, how, nor, other, in, to, too, with, old, i, me, maid, she, or, that, tent, all, what, thou, we, as, him, dark, green, thy, for, dead, thee, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , and, he, because, nor, saw, too, the, to, for, in, or, would, that, when, all, upon, we, will, one, thy, i' are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, the, when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines , his, can, maid, house, green are repeated).

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases , proud, close connect the lines.

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