This is an analysis of the poem To A Kindly Critic that begins with:
If it's wrong to believe in the land that we love
And to pray for Our Flag to the good God above;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddbbcc eeffgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001001001111 101111000101 001001111001 11001011001 01001011111 01011011001 001011001101 101011011001 001001111101 11101101001 001001011001 01011011101 001001001001 001011111101 001001001111 101011001001 11101011001 11111111011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
- Average number of words per stanza: 60
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that, our, and are repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word wrong at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of To A Kindly Critic;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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