This is an analysis of the poem Making Our Father Proud that begins with:
Within us,
Are the souls....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ab AC abb ddA AbXbebfg aeXgh ABdgadaB b ACXhhbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,3,8,5,8,1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 101 011 101011 111111 1110011 100111 111011 1111 011 011 1010 110110111 1010001011 110111110 1011 11010111 01010111 1101111 100 1110111 111 11110 011 111 01111 1001 1111001 1111111 1011 111 111001010 011 101011 101010 0010 1101 01110110 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word within is repeated.
The author used the same word within at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).
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- summary of Making Our Father Proud;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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