This is an analysis of the poem England's Hope And England's Heir that begins with:

England's Hope and England's Heir!
Head and crown of Britain's glory,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbabcacA dedeXabA fXfedadA cgcg hahA XfhXiaiA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 11101010 0110111 10101010 1110101 1011101 10001001 1011101 1010101 10011010 1010101 01111110 1111110 1000111 1001100 1011101 0110100 11101110 0111100 10101010 0110111 1010001 10101001 1011101 1010101 10101110 1111111 01101110 1001101 1011111 1011101 1011101 1001111 01111110 1010111 10101110 1011101 1010001 1110111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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; by, her are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word welcome at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word heir at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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