This is an analysis of the poem To Our President that begins with:

HOPE of the Nations, lift thy stricken heart.
Thyself art Sorrow, and to thee the cry... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbaccacca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001011101 1011010101 0101011100 1100110111 1111101111 1100011111 01110110101 1101011101 1011010111 0101010101 1101111100 0110110001 1101010101 1100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 602
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, when are repeated.

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