This is an analysis of the poem To Theodore Roosevelt that begins with:

Son of a sire whose heart beat ever true
To God, to country, and the fireside love ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadededd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10010111101 01010101011 0101010101 0111011101 0111110111 0101001111 1001110001 1101110101 0111010101 0101010001 0101011001 1101010001 0111110101 0111011111 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the are repeated.

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