This is an analysis of the poem I Thank God I Have Recovered that begins with:

I have learned from you,
Lessons taught I will never forget....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX bcXbcXdcXdaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11101 101101001 011010 1110101 100001010 1001011 11011101 111110 1001000100 1100101 0110100010 1111 1101001 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of I Thank God I Have Recovered;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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