This is an analysis of the poem The Twenty-Fifth Of April that begins with:

THIS day is Anzac Day!
Made sacred by the memory...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeebfgaahhiigjgkkllffgaiffkkjji
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 11010100 0111111111 11011111 11010111 111100111 011101 110101 0111010100 111101 0111101 1101110101 1101011101 11111101 01010011 110101 10001 1101010111 111101 11010110 1101110111 1101110101 01011111 01011101 110111 010011 1101010101 010101 11010101 0111110101 1111111100 11110101 11010011 1100111 0100101 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 231
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it are repeated.

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  • summary of The Twenty-Fifth Of April;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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