This is an analysis of the poem Welcome To The Nations that begins with:
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 4, 1876
BRIGHT on the banners of lily and rose... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ababbaba cdcddcdc EfeffXfE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101000111 1101001011 1011011001 1011011111 1101001001 1101111001 1101011101 1101001001 1001001011 1001101101 1011011001 1001001001 1001001011 1011001011 10110101111 1011001001 10111011001 10001001001 1101001101 1011001001 1001101101 1011001101 10011001001 1011011001 10001001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; her, but, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, welcome are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines forgets, resound, pine are repeated).
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