This is an analysis of the poem Capital Punishment that begins with:
PROUD is the state of its millions of men,
And proud is the state of its name; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaefefe cccceded cgcgfhfh igigaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001001001 11001001 001011001101 11101001 01101001000 111111001 11101001101 01001001 011001001011 101001111 01011111001 11001101 001001001011 101011011 011001001001 101101001 01001001001 001001011 11001001001 11101001 011101001001 011101001 101001001001 11111011 101111101101 001101001 101001011101 11111011 11001001001 01011001 11101101101 11001011 11001000101 01101001 11101111001 11011001 111001001011 111001011 11101011101 01001101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, its, and, it, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, ye are repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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