This is an analysis of the poem A 'Thank You' Note that begins with:

There is much I owe
to those I do not love....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdefXbgfXdhiibjcklhiidklkefkljakXig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 011111 0010010 11100010 11111 01011 11000 100111 1011101 11101 11110 01001 11110 10110 1101 1111101 101 111101010 01101110 1010010 1001111 110011111 1011 01011 11101 111010110 1011 1110110 110101 00100 11101010 0011001101001 001011010 11101 1111001101 1110100 1111 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 967
  • Average number of words per stanza: 182
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A 'Thank You' Note;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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