This is an analysis of the poem Banner Of Men Who Were Free that begins with:

Flag of the great republic, banner of men who were free!
Carried aloft for freedom in many a bloody gorge; ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc aXaX dede fgfg hihi XjXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010101001101 10011100100101 11010100101111 0100101101101 110010110100101 1001011000101 0100101001101001 11110100101 10110010000101 1100101000100100 010100101101001 1100101001001 0110101001001001 010010101100001 100110101101001 10101100100101 1110101010110101 0100100110100100 10101100100100111 10010011110110111 1001011101101 11001100101 110101100100101 110110100101 1001110101101 101011100101 1010010100101 1100110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, by, in, to, dead, for are repeated.

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