This is an analysis of the poem Let Us All Offer Thanksgiving (Freedom) that begins with:

Let us all offer thanksgiving,
For Freedom has come to us;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cadd eaca XXce fcde acXg cXdg cadg ffeb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 1101101 010101111 010011 0101101 00100111 11101001 111111 1001010 0101100 0011010 111101 101001001 110101 11010001 0010101 11101101 1010101 111110100 10010101 11001001 1001010 1101100 10010110 10111101 1011101 11101001 11100011 11011101 01011101 001010001 01011101 110001001 111111 011011010 101001 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; us, in are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Let Us All Offer Thanksgiving (Freedom);
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  • history of its creation;
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