This is an analysis of the poem Father that begins with:
Father, I cry to thee for bread
With hungred longing, eager prayer;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca aXaX dede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10110111 01010101 11110101 11010101 11111101 110101001 11110111 11110111 11110111 11110101 01011111 11010111 01111111 111110111 11110101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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 is repeated.
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