This is an analysis of the poem The Patriot that begins with:
AN OLD STORY.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a ababa X cccXX X deded X fgfgf a cbcbc aXfbfbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 1 011010101 010101111 01110111 01111111 010110101 1 011000101 011100111 111011101 111110101 11101100110 1 1001111101 010110101 111111101 111110111 010110101 1 111110111 1010110101 1010010101 101011101 101010111 1 110011111 01111101 1111011101 111010101 11111101 1 11101111 010101111 11011111 11110101 1110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Patriot;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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