This is an analysis of the poem The Flag Of Our Destinies that begins with:

With our boundaries swung to the circling seas and a nation named to the world!
And the six-starred flag of our destinies on every port unfurled!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100100100110101001 10111011001100101 11011010110110101 01111011110101101 1111111111110011110 10100100111110111 1101011010100101 1111011110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 74 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • 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; our, and, we, s are repeated.

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  • summary of The Flag Of Our Destinies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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