Song For St. George's Day by Cicely Fox Smith: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Song For St. George's Day that begins with:

St. George for merry England!
Fair 'fall the cross of red,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabacdcd AebeXfcf AaXagXgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 110101 0111010 011111 011110 110111 0110010 111101 1111010 11101 1101010 110111 0111010 1111001 1101010 110101 1111010 110101 0101010 010101 1111110 110111 1101010 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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

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