This is an analysis of the poem Patriotism that begins with:
I think my country needs my vote,
I know it doesn't need my throat,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaabcc ddbeebff aaabbagg hhibbicc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 11010111 111101 11111111 11110101 111001 11010111 11110111 11001111 11010111 110101 11010101 111101110 110101 11010101 01110101 11000100 01110101 110101 11010111 11011101 110101 11010101 11011101 01011111 10111101 110101 11111101 01011101 111111 01110111 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, and, his, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
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