This is an analysis of the poem Our Country that begins with:
God grant that we shall never see
Our country slave to lust and greed;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABabacXc baXadbdb eeeefgfg ABabbhbh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 11010111 11111110 01010101 11011101 011000001 11010101 010010101 01011101 01110111 110111100 00111101 11010111 11111101 11111111 110010101 11010101 11101111 11110101 01011101 11010101 110010111 11010111 11010001 11111101 11010111 11111110 01011101 11001101 11011111 11001101 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Our Country;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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