This is an analysis of the poem A Message To America that begins with:
You have the grit and the guts, I know;
You are ready to answer blow for blow ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeff ddaaddddggbbhheeiiXaeejjff ggkkffffjjaacc jjffggjjkkkkddcXddddbblXdX ffccbbbbmmXfllccjjAalXffAammddll Xffeeccmmgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,26,14,26,32,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110111 1110010111 1110111101 1110101111 110110101 11110101 11011101 11010101 10011111 01110101 11110001 10010101 1110011101 01010101 10010111 110010101 01011101 1100111101 010101101 11101000101 0101111111 1110110001 1111101111 11110010111 1110110101 011100101 1100101101 10111011 0110101111 01010101 01101100101 110101011 11010101 1010010111 1011010100 110110100 11011011001 111101111 11111101 1110100101 010001001 111100101 100101101 011101111 100101101 010110101 11110101 010111100 11100111110 110111110 011010100 110110001 110101101 110010100 0101101010 0100101010 100101101 110100100 0111111101 0110101101 1111100101 1010100111 1111100111 010110101 1111101111 110101001 110010101 110110110 110011100 111101101 110011100 011110101 110111111 1010110101 110010101 01010100 010111111 1101101010 1101101101 010110101 111111111 1111101111 111101111 0101001011 111101111 010100101 011110111 111101101 10101100100 0011100111 110111111 010101101 11111110111 101011101010 11101011001 010111101 110011111 1111010101 1111001111 010011100 10101011001 1110111101 110011111 11010101 1010100101 110111111 110111001 111110111 111111011 1100101011 1101100011 111011111 011110111 111111101 111100101 111110011 1111100111 1010100001 010010100 111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 818
- Average number of words per stanza: 150
- Amount of lines: 125
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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; you, to, has, he, their, your, and, that, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, he, will, who are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines to is repeated).
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