This is an analysis of the poem Stand Firm! that begins with:
Beware! The sword of England
Is in your hand to keep:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXcXc dadaeaXa cfgfdaXX hijihjdj XjjjegXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010 001101 1100110 110011 1111110 111101 1111110 011101 0110110 110111 1101111 110001 1111110 010111 11111000 011101 01001110 110101 0100010 010111 1001110 110101 0111111 011111 0110110 011101 1111010 011101 0101010 010111 0101110 010101 1101010 010101 1110110 111111 1111110 11110010 0101110 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, and, of, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, by are repeated.
The author used the same word beware at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Stand Firm!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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