This is an analysis of Thanksgiving by Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer.

Let us give thanks to God above,
Thanks for expressions of His love,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb bbXX debb deff gghh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 11010001 10010101 110111001 11010011 10110101 10010011 11011001 11010101 10110101 11010101 11010101 10111110 11011100 10111110 10110101 101110111 10110100 10111111 10110111 10111111 10111011 10110001 10011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

that, be, for, and, thankful

Anaphora

one, thankful