This is an analysis of the poem Our Home—our Country that begins with:
FOR THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE
SETTLEMENT OF CAMBRIDGE, MASS., DECEMBER 28, 1880... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX abaab Xcccc cdccd aeaae afaaf dcddc gegge faffa chcch cgccg ihiih dcddX ajaaj deddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10100100101000 100010101011 11111101 111011 01110111 01110101 010101 110101110 111101 110101010 111101010 1111001 11111101 110101 01011101 11010101 110101 010101101 1100101 11010101 01010101 011001 11011011 1010101 01111101 00111101 111101 10110111 110101 11010101 010010101 010101 11011111 111101 11010111 011101011 111101 01111101 110101 010011101 01010111 010101 01010101 010111 11010101 100100111 110101 111001001 110111 11010001 01010111 111101 11010101 110101 110010101 01111101 111101 11111111 0101011 11011101 11010111 010110 11010111 0110010 11011111 101100101 11010010 1101001001 110111 111101001 110010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; one, home, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words one, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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