This is an analysis of the poem And We Have Countries … that begins with:

And we have countries without borders, like our idea
of the unknown, narrow and wide - countries whose maps ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXbbaXaXXcaaaXcbddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110011011010 000110111011 100011011100111 0110011111 11010100011011 110100001111 101011101110 0110100111 01110010101101 011001010001101 100101011010 11001110111001 1111101010 010100111111 0001110101010001 1011000101011 1011001101100 100101100010110 010001011111010 11101011 0101111010101 0011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 200
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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