This is an analysis of the poem Shine, Perishing Republic that begins with:

While this America settles in the mould of its vulgarity, heavily thickening
to empire...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcXa XXbddXXbXaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010001000100100100 0100 1011001000101111110 110 1101001010101011011 011 10010110011000100110 1110010 1101110111000100001 1011100 0101010011101110 1100010 1111011101110001 1010010 1010010010101101011 11010 11001011001010101010 0100010 100111010101111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1009
  • Average number of words per stanza: 166
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; and, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Shine, Perishing Republic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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