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

How blest the land that counts among
Her sons so many good and wise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fgfX fhfh ibib ihXh ijij gbgb fdfd bkbk hchc dXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 01110011 01011101 1101 010101001 11110001 01110101 1111 11111101 11011111 01010101 0111 10010101 11010111 11011111 0111 11110111 01000111 1011110111 01001 01001101 11111101 11110101 1101 11110111 01011111 111001100 1111 11010101 11011111 11000100 0101 110101101 11110100 11010111 1011 01110101 11011101 00110101 1101 11110101 11010101 11111001 1111 11001101 01111101 11011101 1101 11111111 01110111 11110111 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; free, your, god, send, you are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase worms connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Statesmen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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