This is an analysis of the poem Palestine: 1917 that begins with:

How strange if it should fall to you,
To me, our boys should do the deed...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa bbbbX cdcdc efefe bgbgb dXdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001101 01111101 01010101 0111001 10010111 11110101 01010101 100011001 01110011 01011010 010010101 110010101 10110101 111011101 00110011 10110111 01000100 11110011 10011011 01010101 11000101 110011001 11110011 11011100 11010101 110001111 11010111 010100001 011010110 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Palestine: 1917;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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