This is an analysis of the poem Thank You Father that begins with:
Thank You Father,
For giving me this life that I live....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABABcc AbAbXd XXdXX AXAXeCcc aefcf ABABCfcXAAca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,8,5,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 110101111 1110 1101010001 10101 111101111 1110 01011001 1110 11111001 110111 11011001 11001101 110 01001 1110101 0110001 1110 11010100 1110 01111 1110 010111 1101 011111 111110110010 111 00111101 01 11101 1110 110101111 1110 1101010001 010111 1101 010101 1110 1110 11 10
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i, you, thank are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, thank are repeated.
The author used the same word thank 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 father is repeated).
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