This is an analysis of the poem Gratitude that begins with:

I thank thee, friend, for the beautiful thought
That in words well chosen thou gavest to me,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbb adadbXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101001 10111011001 1001011011 001110010011 01101101001 01101010101 10110101 1100111001 101001011101 11100110010 10101011011 11001011010 101110101 1010110100 10100100101 11111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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  • summary of Gratitude;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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