This is an analysis of the poem The Union that begins with:
You that have gathered together the sons of all races,
And welded them into one,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fgfg bbbbXbgbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110010010110 1100001 10010110110010 1100101 1111011011110 0100100 1101110111110 101111 11010110110110 00111111 11011011011010 1110111 11111010010010 1101101 1011110011110010 11011001 100111011010 1101101 1001001111110 1100101 11010010111010 11001001 0101011111110 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, flag, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same words you, how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Union;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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