This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Standard that begins with:
Maiden most beautiful, mother most bountiful, lady of lands,
Queen and republican, crowned of the centuries whose years are thy sands,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb bbb ccc Xdd eee bbb ddd fff ggg hhh iii bbb ddd aaaXbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011001011001001 11010010010010111 1111111011001011 0001011001001011 1001101111111011 11001011101011101 101101100111101 1011001111111011 110110101111011 1001011111101011 1001001001001001 1111001111001111 10110010110010010 1110011111001011 1011001011001001 1011111101001011 1011011101111001 10111111110010001 1011111111101011 1001101101001101 1011111111001101 1011011001011101 1111011111111111 1111001011010101 10110001011111011 1111111111111101 1010111011001011 10110110010001111 1011001011010011 1011001111111011 1101101101111011 1111001101011111 1001011111001011 1111011111111101 1101101101001101 1011101011011001 1001001001001011 1101001001011101 1111101001011111 101111100111111 110100101111001 1011001111101011 1101001011011101 1011001010111011 1101001111101011 0101001101101101 1011111011001111 1011001011101101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, of, for, it, to, as, our, and, not, us, but, her, in, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word out is repeated.
The author used the same word out at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Song Of The Standard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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