This is an analysis of the poem A Nation's Strength that begins with:
What makes a nation's pillars high
And its foundations strong?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea fefe dbdb gaga
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 100101 11010001 011101 00110101 110101 01111101 110101 00011011 0100101 01111101 110001 10011111 110101 11110101 010101 11110111 010111 11111101 111101 11111101 111101 11010101 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and is repeated.
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