This is an analysis of the poem France that begins with:

Broke to every known mischance, lifted over all
By the light sane joy of life, the buckler of the Gaul, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAaBbb ccddeeffgghhff hheeiijjbbeeeXj ggkkbbbbbbbbbbjjffXAAAaBbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,14,15,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1010011010101 10111010100001 100010010001 1000111001001 1010011100011 1010111011101 101001001110101 1111000111111 100010100111 111110111111 101010111101 001111111111 11111011110110 1011111010101 1010111100011 001110111111 101101110111 1111000110101 111011111111 1111100110101 11101011100101 1010101110101 101111110111 101110110101 111010111101 1001010110011 101010010111 011010101111 1111101110111 011011110101 101010111111 011011110111 10110001010001 111110110100 1010101101001 101011110111 101010111101 1011100111101 10010100110101 101011101101 1110101100011 101001111101 111110110111 1111000111101 111110111111 1111000111101 1011111011101 111110111111 1111101011101 111110111101 111110111101 101010110111 101110110101 001111111111 1010011010101 10111010100001 100010010001 1000101001001 1010011100011 1010111011101 101001001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 675
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, our, to, us, each, other's, we are repeated.

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