This is an analysis of the poem To England that begins with:
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THERE was a time when all thy sons were proud... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcdedfagXgdhdhXdiiddiidafaffaXjjjjXeXehghgkakahbhbkcdgXbbibggjgXhXhXlhlmmeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 78,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1101111101 0111 1011010101 1101 1111010011 1101 100100101001 11110 1101110111 0111 1101010100 1111 11011101001 1101 1101010101 1101 1 1111010101 10010010111 1001011001 11111101101 01001111101 01011110100 1111111101 1111011101 1101011101 10011101110 110101101 10011100010 11110111110 1101111011 1 1111011101 11011 1101011111 11111 1111011111 111 11001111101 10001 1101010111 1101 11010010111 1101 1101010111 1101 1101011101 00101 1111111111 1101 1001110101 1101 010010011110 01001 110101010010 0111 1 100111 01001 110111 11111 111101 11001 11011101 1101 11111 0111 100110 0101 10110 1111 110101 0101 110111 111101 101111 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2365
- Average number of words per stanza: 441
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and, you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase here connects the lines.
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- summary of To England;
- central theme;
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