This is an analysis of the poem The English Flag that begins with:
Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack,
remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc ddee ffgg ddhh iiff ffgX Xjjj ccjj jjkk bbgX iijX ggcc aahh ccgX kkll mmll kkkk ffgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 010101011100101 0110000111111000 1010110101 11010100001001010 100111011100011 11111010110101 011011101101111 11101100100110101 1111010010100101 1101101110101 1111010010111 1001010100101 01111010111101 1111010100101 10111011110001 1010110111010101 101110101101101 0101111111101 110101101101011 1111010101110101 11111100011101 0111010110101 10010101111101 1111101011100100 0111100101111110 1001010101101 1011110101011101 11010100010101 1000110101001101 110010101101001 1011110101111 110011011110111 101101001001101101 1110100101001111 11101100100100101 111011010110111 10101110110101 10111010010101 10010101111101 1111101011100100 0111100100010111 11110111110101 111011010101111 11111101111110 11010111010101 1111010110101 111110101010111 111110100100101 10001010100111 101111011111101 1110110101111 011010010010101 1101110010111 0111010010101 10010101111101 1111101011100100 011110100101001 1101110111101 1111110111111 1111101101101011 1010101110101001 11010010010111 1100101011101011 111110101011101 101001111101111 11010010111101 1001010100101 1001010010111 1111110010111 01011100101001 10010101111101 1111101011100100
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 73
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of, with, my, i, have, your, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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