This is an analysis of the poem Thanksgiving that begins with:
When first in ancient time, from Jubal's tongue
The tuneful anthem filled the morning air,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacdeefagdcdhiddfXjekfkdkgXXllblcdXjlXfadlmXXblkhflflfmXkmbXifaiaklXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 70,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 0101010101 0101011001 0101010101 01010101001 01011101001 11110100101 0110110101 01110101001 1101010100 0101001101 0101010001 10010100111 1001010111 10111010111 0111010101 11010011001 01001101010 10010101110 1101011101 11010010101 11010110001 10110011101 11011111010 1111010111 010001111011 101100101010 1111110101 01110100100 1011010101 1101010111 11101010101 0101110101 11111010101 10111001001 100101011000 110100100101 1100111111 11001110111 0101010010010 10110101010 1101010101 0101000111 1111011111 01011101010 0111110011 1011001101 11001010101 01001010001 1011110101 11011111001 0100011101 01010100010 1101010101 1101010101 1001110101 1001010111 110101110010 0101000111 11010010101 10010101010 1111111111 1101010101 1111111111 1110010101 11010101010 1110011000 1100111101 0111111100 1111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3128
- Average number of words per stanza: 554
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and, no, our, of, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Thanksgiving;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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