This is an analysis of the poem I Am Yusuf Oh Father that begins with:

I am Yousuf, O father.
O father, my brothers do not love me nor want me among them....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbccdaXadbdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110110 1101101111111010 10111111111 111011111011 110101111111 1011001 110110 10111110 10101110101110110 111010111110101110110100110 1011111010110111110011 1011110111 11110111100011010101011001110 11001101100111110101101111101000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 897
  • Average number of words per stanza: 177
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, they, and, my are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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