This is an analysis of the poem Here We Are! that begins with:
Here we are, Britain! the finest and best of us
Taking our coats off and rolling our sleeves,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaedfdf bgbgfdfd hihibebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100101101 1011111011 1000101110101 1101011101 111110100100 1101111101 110111100100 1101111101 1111100101101 1001111001 100110110101 1111001101 100101110101 1001001101 101100110101 1111011011 11110110110 1001011011 11110111110 1011111101 11110010110 1001001001 10011011110 1101111101 10010110110 1001011001 11111111110 1011001001 11110011110 1011111111 10011110110 1111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; us, our, to are repeated.
The author used the same word here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Here We Are!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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