This is an analysis of the poem Why England Is Conservative that begins with:

Because of our dear Mother, the fair Past,
On whom twin Hope and Memory safely lean,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbabccbbX ddddddXddedeed feefXeefgggggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110011 11111100101 10110010111 1111111111 10010111001 01011100110 1101011111 1101011101 1111011101 01010110101 0101110001 1001010011 11110111001 1011111000 1001110001 0101011001 1001010101 1111110001 1111110111 1011010111 1101010100 11011100101 0100110011 01010101111 0111011001 1101110101 0101110111 1010110001 1111110101 11010101001 1111000101 11110011111 1111010111 1101010101 1101010101 1101110101 111110011001 01001101001 1101010001 0101011100 1101010111 0111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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