This is an analysis of the poem You Have Served Our Country Well that begins with:
Stand up straight!
Suck in that gut....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdefdXfbgc XhdgiidbiXaXhXdddfecX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,21,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1011 110 111011 11010 10110 1110111010 1110 010111 100101 1011010110101101 111101 11 10 0111 11111111101 1111001101 001 10100101111 110011001 0101010110 1111010010010101 00110110 110101011100101 1010110 11110101001 1 111010 10111011001 0100100010101011 111101110010 111000 111 101111010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 539
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of You Have Served Our Country Well;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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