This is an analysis of the poem The British-Born that begins with:
ENGLAND, our England, thou whose sway
Spreads o'er broad lands and boundless sea,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dedefcfc XdXdacac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110111 110111101 11011111 110111001 11010010 01000101 110111111 11010101 010001001 101101101 01000111 101010101 010101001 010111001 11010111 11000101 01010101 01110101 11010101 11111101 11010101 1000100101 10110101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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