This is an analysis of the poem For England that begins with:
Who's for merry England? the gallant isle of England,
The little isle we love....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb adcd aaXa aXXd aXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100101010 010111 01010100111110 101110101011101 1111100101010 111111 010010100111110 101111101011111 1110100101010 010101 01011100111110 101110101010101 1111100101010 010101 101111101101110 101111101010111 111010111110 011101 11011101101010 011101000100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; england, of, for, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of For England;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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