This is an analysis of the poem Driven Across Many Nations that begins with:

Driven across many nations, across many oceans,
I am here, my brother, for this final parting,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXbXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011010011010 111110101010 0101111101110 101010110010 11010011011110 111010101010 11111011010010 1001001010010 0111010110011 1010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 512
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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