This is an analysis of the poem Fourth Of July that begins with:

Fourth of July, how sweet it sounds,
As every year it rolls around. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa aabb ccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 110010101 0110010111 010010111 11010111 110111011 1111000101 11010011 11010011 1111101 1001001101 010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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