This is an analysis of the poem To France that begins with:
What is the gift we have given thee, Sister?
What is the trust we have laid in thy hand? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb adXd ecec afXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011110110 1001111011 10110111110 1011111011 11110010010 10011001101 10111110110 1101101111 100110100011 1011001101 11110011111 1001001001 10111110010 1011011001 11110110110 1111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, we, have, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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