This is an analysis of the poem Dad's A Millionaire that begins with:
I wish you joy, my little ragged throng--
Your Dad's a millionaire!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abAbcccb abAb dBdbebXB XbXBbbbB ebebfffb XbXbebeB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110101 110101 0101110111 100101 1011111101 1111111101 111111111 100101 01011110101 01010100111 0101110111 110101 0111010110 110101 1111010101 1100101 1111111011 1111010001 1101010101 110101 110111011 110101 0111110101 110101 1111111011 1101110101 1101010001 110101 1111010101 100101 1111010111 100101 1111111101 1110110111 1111011101 100101 1111110101 110101 110111010010 110101 1101010101 1111110101 1111010111 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word come is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word millionaire at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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