This is an analysis of the poem Canada Our Home that begins with:

The following response to ' Canada, our Home,' was given
at a banquet of the Caledonian Society, Ingersoll....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XcdefXXecff gg adbecXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,11,2,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101100110110 101000101000100100 001000100100110 0101001000110100 1010010010010101 0100101010100010001 11110101111110 1001011011010100 11100111111 100011000101011 11110100101101 1110010010110110 101010110 11100101 010010011 1100001100010000101 010011001101010010 0110011001001001 10010110011010100 11011010101111 1110110110010 1000111110101010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, ', and, of, no, in are repeated.

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