This is an analysis of the poem The Patriot that begins with:
The patriot from his walls of brass
Is singing loudly as I pass;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddee ffgg hhii bbjj jjdXXccbbiiii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,4,4,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010000101 01010111 01011101 11010101 11110111 01010100 11010111 01000100 01010111 01011100 1101011 11110001 100001001 110010101 11010111 01110101 11010101 01001101 11010111 01011101 11111101 01010101 110100101 11010001 11011110 01001100 010011111 010011111 01010101 11010101 11010111 01010101 11010101 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, in, and are repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Patriot;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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