This is an analysis of the poem Salutation that begins with:
To you and you and you who have given
Two sons for England's sake,--what word? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acaX aXad dbdb ebeb fgfg hch X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,3,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0111111110 11110111 110101010 11011011 11111101 01111111 01110101 01011100 110011011 11110100 11111111 11010111 11110001 01010111 11010100 01110111 111001111 01010111 11110111 11110101 11101101 111101001 11111101 010001001 010010111 11111111 110011011 1011100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; you, and are repeated.
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- summary of Salutation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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