This is an analysis of the poem In England that begins with:

In England, there are wrongs no doubt,
Which should be righted; so men say,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc aaaadd ccccde afafgg Xcacaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 11010111 11011101 11010101 11010111 11110101 01010101 11111111 11110101 11111101 11110111 11110001 01011101 11010101 11010111 01011101 11110111 01010101 01010001 11010101 111100001 01010111 11010111 11010101 01011101 01011111 01011111 110101001 11010101 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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