This is an analysis of the poem Thank You God that begins with:
It's not about what one has...
Collected for purposes to attract attention....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXaXbcac DEFGE aeXhhiXicfegXaXXDEFGE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,21,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101111 0101100001010 101001110 011011011100 101010001101 1011110110 100111 10111 1010101111 1111 11 100111 11111011010 101011 010111 1111110110 1111 1110111110 11011111 10110101001 010010 101000101 11 1111010111 101110 1111 11111101 11100101 11011100 111111 11 100111 11111011010 101011 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; to, and, have, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Thank You God;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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