This is an analysis of the poem America that begins with:

For , O America, our country!—land
Hid in the west through centuries, till men ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXdaaaaaeaeacacXfXfadadegegbhbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101001101 1001110011 1101001101 0101010101 0111010111 1101011111 01110111110 0101010101 1111111001 0101101101 0111110101 1011111101 1101111101 1101010111 1101011111 0100111111 0101010101 11010111101 0101011001 1101010101 0111111110 1001100111 1011010101 1001010101 1101001101 1101111101 1101011101 1001011101 0100110111 1111110100 0101000111 11001111101 0011000101 0111011101 1011010101 1111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1739
  • Average number of words per stanza: 292
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where, here, are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, here are repeated.

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

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