This is an analysis of the poem The Great Democracy that begins with:
From ocean unto ocean our noble land is fair,
A hundred million freemen's homes await their owners ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba ccddef b gg b h hX ib i eX ccX jc jXhhef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,6,1,2,1,1,2,2,1,2,3,2,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010110101 0101010101110 1 1101011010101 11110101010101 1111010010101 00110101011101 11011111010001 11010101010100 010111001110 1 1101010110111 11011011110 111 11010011111101 011111010100 101 1111010101110 1 1101010110001 010101011011000 11110101110111 11011101010001 11010101110010 1 1100011101010 1 1111110011101 1100010110111 1111110100101 01011101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; till, who, to, ye, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words till, ye are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Great Democracy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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