This is an analysis of the poem English Thornton that begins with:

Here! You sons of the men
Who fought with Washington at Valley Forge,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbXcbbdXdbbdbbbacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 1101001101 1111111 011100001001 11100110111 111011001001 110101000101 1010011 0111000111 00101100000010010 10101110101 1010111010 1010100110 1010101 01110101 1011 111100101000010 11011101110 10101011 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 795
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines yours is repeated).

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