This is an analysis of the poem July The Fourth, 1917 that begins with:

Time was the cry went round the world:
America for freedom speaks,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeacbcb fgfgffff eeeehaha cecefbfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 01001101 01100101 11010101 01010101 010101010 11111111 010011010 01111101 11110111 11011101 11010101 01010101 01010001 11010101 01010100 01100101 11011101 111100111 01010101 110100111 01001101 01010001 110010101 11010101 01000101 01001101 11010101 11010101 01111101 010011101 11010001 11010111 11110101 11110101 01010101 11010111 11010101 11110111 10001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, out, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, it, america, out are repeated.

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