This is an analysis of the poem Young England that begins with:
The times still 'grow to something strange';
We rap and turn the tables;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaabaB acacabab dedeabaB fefeabaB gagaabaB dbdbabaB hihiabaB jkjkabaB igigabaB fifiababXjgjgabaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011101010 1111010 110111101 1101010 11011101 011101 010111011 110101 11010101 0101010 11000101 0101110 01010101 110011 11001111 110101 11011111 11001100 11111101 11010010 11010111 110001 11011111 110101 11010111 11100100 11011101 11010100 11110101 110111 11011111 110101 11011111 0101010 11000101 11001010 11011111 110111 11011111 110101 11110101 011011 11010101 010011 11011111 110101 01110111 110101 01010111 1100010 01010101 0101010 01011101 110011 11010111 110101 11110111 0101110 11010101 0101110 11010111 110011 11111011 110101 11000111 10100110 11010101 1101110 11001111 110101 11011111 110101 11110101 0011010 110010101 1111010 11001111 110101 11011101 010101 01010101 0101110 01001111 1101010 01011111 011101 010100011 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, or, at, and, it, be, may are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, to, or, i, it are repeated.
The author used the same words we, some at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word cigar at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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