This is an analysis of the poem The Flag On The Farm that begins with:
We've raised a flagpole on the farm
And flung Old Glory to the sky,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABabcdcdeefX dgdghchXiibX fXfXdcdXjjkk ABabdfdfllhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 11110001 10010101 11010101 11111101 11000111 11110001 11000101 01001111 01011101 11010111 11000101 01011101 01110101 10110101 11110101 11111101 11111111 11111111 011101110 10110101 111111001 11010111 11011101 01110101 01011101 01011111 10010110 11010001 11010101 110011101 111101100 11010101 11010001 10011101 010010101 11011101 11110001 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 11010011 11011101 01110111 11010101 11111100 10011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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; to, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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