This is an analysis of the poem Patriotism that begins with:
There was a time when it was counted high
To be a patriot--whether by the zeal... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXa abba ccdaad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101101101 00010010101 0101110101 1101000101 11110101001 11110101101 1010010001 0101000111 10010100010 11111101110 1101110001 1101011101 1111100101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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