This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas For The Times that begins with:
Is this the land our fathers loved,
The freedom which they toiled to win? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcdcc efefgg aXafaa heheii aeaeaa hhhhff cbcbcc eaeahh iiiibb bjbjff ckckbb bebell mlmlnn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 00011101 01011101 00011011 11011100 11011111 01010111 11110111 01011101 10011101 11010101 10011101 11111101 11110101 11011101 11010111 010100101 11010101 01110101 01011111 11010101 01110101 01010101 11110101 110010101 11011111 11111001 110100101 11010101 11011101 11111101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11011101 11011101 110100011 11010111 01110101 10110101 01110101 11010101 010010101 11011101 111111001 01010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11010101 11110110 01000101 11110111 01011101 11111101 01010101 11110111 11110101 110110011 01010111 11011001 11110101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11111111 11010101 110010101 11011101 11001111 11010101 11010001 010101001 11011111 01010111 010011101 01000101 01010101 11110001 11110101 11010101 11010101 01110001 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, and, by, must, he, from, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words are, shall, by, on, that, of, no are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase no connects the lines.
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