This is an analysis of the poem The American Flag that begins with:
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WHEN Freedom from her mountain height ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcddbbeeff X fgfegeeahhccX X aaeebbeeiiffjjklkl X mmjjhhaaaa aXgegebibi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,1,13,1,18,1,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 11000101 01010001 11010101 11010101 11000101 01010001 11010101 01000101 10010001 11010101 11000101 01000101 1 01011001 11011101 01010101 110101010 110100001 110101010 100101110 01010001 01000101 01010101 11010101 11110101 01000100 1 10011111 01011101 11010101 10111101 11011111 110100101 11011101 01111101 11010101 11110001 11010101 10110101 11010111 11011101 111100101 110011101 11011101 11010001 1 10011101 111101001 11010101 11010101 11011101 010100101 110100001 111101011 11011101 010100101 1 10011111 110101010 01110101 111101010 11011101 110111011 01010111 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 66
- 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; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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