This is an analysis of the poem A Patriotic Wish that begins with:
I'd like to be the sort of man
the flag could boast about;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAbaaccdd Aebebbbbbb Aadabbffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000101 011101 11000101 010101 11000101 11000100 01011101 11010111 11110111 010010001 11000101 011101 01011101 010101 01010001 01100111 010100101 01010111 01010101 100010101 11000101 010101 01110101 010001 01110101 01010101 010100101 0100101 011100101 10010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
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