This is an analysis of the poem Pro Patria that begins with:

Rise up, strong men of England;
On outward journeys wend,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaca bdcdbd efbfgX Xagaaa efXfgf bgXgeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 110101 0101010 111111 00111110 1011111 1111110 111111 1101110 010101 01001010 110101 0111110 010111 0111010 0100111 1101010 111100 0011111 011101 0101010 010111 1101110 110101 0110010 111111 1111010 010101 0111010 011101 1111110 1000111 1111010 111101 1101010 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words rise, the, for, or are repeated.

    The author used the same word rise at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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