This is an analysis of the poem The Confederate Flags that begins with:

Tut-tut! give back the flags - how can you care,
You veterans and heroes?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX Xcbc dedX fbfb ghgh eiei jkjk jljl dedX keke bebX meme inXnXchch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111011111 1100110 1111010101 11010 0101111100 0101010 1111010001 11010 1101010101 11010100 1101110101 01100 0101011101 1001010 1111010101 01010 1101010101 1111010 1111010111 11010 1101001111 1101010 0111010111 11110 0101011111 0011011 1101011101 11011 1111000101 1111010 0101000101 01110 110101111 1101110 1100110101 10110 1101001101 1100010 1101111001 01010 0101010101 0111010 0100111101 11100 0100110111 0101010 0101101101 11010 1101011101 0100010 10110101100 11110 1101011101 1100010 0001000101 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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; you, we, and, may, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word suppose is repeated.

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