This is an analysis of the poem America that begins with:
God has been good to men. He gave
His Only Son their souls to save,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdeeff ffeebbggbb hhhhiicdaa ccbbjjcccc aakkXfccee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000111 01011101 11110101 10110111 01011101 01110100 11010001 10011111 10010101 11011101 11011101 010100101 01010101 11010111 11010111 11010101 10011101 01010101 11010111 010010111 11110011 111101001 01010101 11010111 11011111 11010011 11011101 01010100 11010111 01010101 11110011 11110101 1100100101 11100101 10011111 01001101 11000101 01000101 11110101 01001101 01000111 110101001 10110101 100110101 111111010 11010101 10110101 11001101 10010001 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, america are repeated.
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- summary of America;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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