This is an analysis of the poem Americanisation that begins with:
Britannia needs no Boulevards,
No spaces wide and gay:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdd abcbdd Xeaeaa XcXcXd Xfafcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010011101 110111 01110101 010101 111111010 011100010 01001111 010110 01100101 110111 111111010 111111010 1111010 1101010 01110100 1101110 01010111 11010101 10100101 11001 10011101 110101 111000000 010100110 110011001 1100101 11010101 111101 100101010 110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Americanisation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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