This is an analysis of the poem United States that begins with:
He shall be great who serves his country well.
He shall be loved who ever guards her fame....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB cdcd bdbd ceceXabaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110101 1101110101 0101010111 1101110101 1101001101 1101011111 1101011111 0001011111 1110010101 1001110101 1101110011 1101011101 1001111111 0101010101 1001010111 01010011001 0001000101 1100110101 1110010101 1101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, who, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, who are repeated.
The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of United States;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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