This is an analysis of the poem Love Of Family And Country that begins with:

Those who flaunt their social status...
With a pretentious pride, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX ddeXb Xec bb cbXX XebXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,2,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 000101 01001001 1110101 1011001010 101010010 0010111001 101001100101 1101100101 0110101010100110 10011010110101 1001011010101 1 111010 1110 10111 1011 0010011010010 11101001010 1011101100010 010 101010001100 111000100001101 0110111000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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