This is an analysis of the poem Nothing About Thanksgiving that begins with:

There is nothing about Thanksgiving,
That is served without its sentiments....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXb ccX Xdd AdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 101001110 101010100 10011100010 100100100100 11101 1111101 101010100010 0111111 10101001001 10111010101 101001110 101010101101 1001010101 001011000101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Nothing About Thanksgiving;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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