This is an analysis of the poem The Name Of France that begins with:

Give us a name to fill the mind
With the shining thoughts that lead mankind, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbccbbD BaefbbffD BbXaeggeeD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 001011111 0100100101 011100101 00111101001 001010101 0010100001 010101101 011010101 1111 11010101 0010110101 0110100101 11011101 111101011 100111001 011101101 011110101 1111 11010101 001110101 0111001100 0110001001 011110101 0010010101 1011100111 110010101 0110101101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, name, and, to, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word give at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word france at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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