This is an analysis of the poem Loyalty To The Flag that begins with:

In the love of home and country and the flag of Uncle Sam,
Can the loyalty be doubted of a dusky son of Ham?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc ddee ffXX ccgg hhhh iihX hhiX jjii ccXXXggii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 001011101010101 101000100010101 100010111010101 001010101110111 101010101010111 001110101010111 101010101111101 100011101010101 10100101110101 111011111010101 101010101010101 100011101010111 0010011000111101 101010101010011 101010101010101 111111101110001 111010101010111 111110100010111 1010101001110001 111011101010111 101010101110001 101011101110101 101110101111101 001110101010101 101011101010111 111111101010101 101010101010101 111011101010101 101010101010101 0110111001000101 101011101110111 101010101010101 101110100010101 101010101010101 11001111110101 101010101010011 111010101000101 10101110010001 111010100010111 101010101010101 101000100010101 1010100101011111 101010100010101 101010101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, more, and, ' are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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