This is an analysis of the poem The Patriot's Game that begins with:
I.
TEAR down the crape from the column! Let the shaft stand white and fair!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabbcXaa ccdd Xeefggf bbhcch Xcdcd igig jiji dkdk fdfd XgXg dddd dldl dbdb Xdd mm cc nn ii ee ii hh ii aa af Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,7,6,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 110100101011111 010010101011001 11101110111111 1111100101111101 1100101001001101 010011100111111000 010110100101101 110010101100001 0010010111100111 10110100101001101 1010110101110101 10100110100110111001 1 011101 1101001 01010111110 011100 110101 110100100110 010111 111101 01010101111 110111 1010111 101000101010 1 11011110101 1111110101 0101111111 0101010101 1001010101 1101011101 0111110101 1101010101 0101110111 0111010101 11010101001 0111110101 0111111111 1111001010 10101110111 01010111010 01110101010 0111010111 11010111010 1101000101 1101110101 0101110100 0101111111 1101110101 11111111110 0111010111 11010101110 1111010111 01110101010 11001010101 11011100010 01010110001 11010101010 1101010101 01010111010 0101010101 1 10010010100101 1001110010111 1001110100111 1011010100101 1001001011001001 10010110100001 11011101010011101 011110101010101 1101010111111 11010100111101 1001010100101 10010101011001 0101110001111 000101000100101 1001010111101 1101010011101 1110011101111 1100101010100101 100000100101111 11001110010001 11001001101101101 111101010111110 110100101110111 11001010100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 91
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, be, their, of, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, and, the, such, sweet, this, that are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase alive connects the lines.
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