This is an analysis of the poem The American eagle that begins with:
THE dove of Liberty sat on an egg
And hatched another eagle.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab c Xdeefc c gfhbc ijcckhXlX b XkiXX g bXi blXfXmge deXX lcjk eXcehmjc bXaigaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,6,1,5,9,1,5,1,3,8,4,4,8,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101001111 1101010 1100101 10110101 11110010101001 10 10011100110010 01 1001101 100100101010101001 1001010100110010 100110100 11010010011100 100101 01101001010001 10100010000111 101101100111100 1011 101001 0110100101001 010100101101101 111110001 111111111 1 1110101110 1001001110001010 101010101 1010100101 101011101100 01101001 01010 011001010010010 1111011001001 1110100 1101111010010 10101011111 1 10100 10101110110110 1 1010010010 10010110101 11001000011011 00101 11110110 1010101 011010 11010001 100011010010100 100100 1000101011110 100101001010010 10 10011 1001100100111 101001 100101110010100100 1 011010010 11101110101 1010101001011 11110011110 101101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; eagles, with, to, coo, his, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines egg is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word world at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The American eagle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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