This is an analysis of the poem Nation Builders that begins with:
Even those carrying pails of sand,
Would be considered nation builders....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaccdcb ee fghbcib aaajg ea XjXa bdebhXabaXaij cbbii dhgbjXj afX hXbh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,7,5,2,4,13,5,7,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100101 100101010 010111011 101010100 10110 101011 0110100 01010 000101010 0011100010 110 11110010 10111010 111010001000100 110100 10111101 10111111 1000001 1101010101 11001101 10111 111010000 0110100011010 0101001001 11111111 10 1 10000101 101001010010 110011 11100010 0101010 11001 110 0010001 1010110001 001011 1110100 111010010 10101 1011001 11100100 011111010 01010101 1101 0110101011 1010010010010 100001 110000101 001101 101101001 101 0101 1111010 001110 1101011 11011100 010010100010 100101 1011001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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 with is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase free connects the lines.
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