This is an analysis of the poem England To France that begins with:
O France! On this dire anniversary
After what fashion should we sing to thee?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbddc eefXggf hhbhiib dXddjjd bbXbbbd iikieeX kkkkllk mmnlXjn nnnniin ooe okke bbiadXi ddidooX ddddXed ggpgllpXiiiinni
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,3,4,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101010100 1011011101 1111 10110111011 1011110111 1100110111 1101111101 1111101101 0101011111 1101 1111111100 1101011011 1011000111 01010101001 1100100101 1101110101 0111 1111010101 11100010101 0111110110 1111110101 1101011101 01010111100 0101 1111011101 1001011111 01100111111 1101110001 1101101111 1111001111 1111 1101010111 1111011011 0101110001 0101010101 1111011101 0101010101 1111 11001011101 11111111001 11110100111 1111110110 11011001101 1101111101 1111 0111010111 10011111101 10110100011 1111110111 11110101110 10110101110 1111 0101001101 011111011 0101010111 1001000101 1011011101 1111010011 1111 10010101001 1111111111 1100111100 0101001101 1101110111 1111010011 1101 1111000100 1111010111 1110011111 0101010101 1101111101 10001110010 1101 01001111100 1111010111 110001001100 1111110101 1011111101 10111100100 1101 1101110111 1011010100 0111010101 1011000101 1101010111 0111010101 1111 0101000111 11010101110 1101000101 1001110101 01001111110 1111110101 0111 1101010111 0101000111 11001011101 1111011111 1111011011 11110011101 1101 1111010101 110110101101 01001010011 1101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 106
- 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; we, should, nor, to, of, now, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, 'france, a are repeated.
The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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