This is an analysis of the poem The U.S. Air Force that begins with:

Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacdE afafaccE XddggeXafafacde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110001110 1010001 1111001110 1011101 1111011010 1011101 1101111011 10110111 1011001010 1010001 1011001010 1111101 1011001010 1111001 010111001 10110111 101001 0111010001 001110100010111 1101111101 111101010101 0100101110111 1110001110 1011011 0110001110 1011001 1011001010 1011011 010111011 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, to, who, we are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The U.S. Air Force;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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