This is an analysis of the poem Sons Of The English that begins with:
Why do you smile so glad, sons of the English?
Why do your eyes gaze forward, happy and glowing?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX addX adcX abXX abXX aXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111110010 111111010110 1011101010011 10010 10011110010 11110110110 101100111110 11110 11111110010 1111011010110 10010110110 11110 10110110010 1101001110110 101111111010 1110 001100110010 011111110010 110101110110 1101 100100010010 11110110110 1010110010010 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 word why is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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