This is an analysis of the poem The Flag that begins with:
There's a flag hangs over my threshold, whose folds are more dear to me
Than the blood that thrills in my bosom its earnest of liberty;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc ddee ffaa ffcc ddgg ffee hhff ggXX bbii eejj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011101111111101 1011101100100100 111010100010101 1010010101111111 1111101001001011 10110101010101001 1101101100100101 1101100101110110 110100101101101 1011111101101101 111110101110100 010100100111101 010110101100111 010010100100101 1100101011001001 1011101101100101 11011011010100101 1110010101110111 11101101011110101 010100101111101 110010100101101 010111101101011 1101101101111101 010100101111101 110010101101101 1101011001001001 101011100101101 111011101110101 1111101010111011 001010110100101 111101110011100111 1110011100111111 11101110010100 111111011101100 111011110101001 00111001010000111 1011111010110111 110101101101101 1010100101111101 00100101110101011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in, my, its, and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word come is repeated.
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- summary of The Flag;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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