This is an analysis of the poem To My Native Land that begins with:
My country! In thy days of glory past
A beauteous halo circled round thy brow... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbabcXdedecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1100110101 0101010111 1101010011 10110101001 1101001111 11000010111 1101110111 1011001100 1111000101 1101010111 0111001101 1101110101 1101001110 1101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 576
- Average number of words per stanza: 111
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; thy is repeated.
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