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

THE BRAVE old land of deed and song,
Of gentle hearts and spirits strong, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccXb ddee bbff XXaaccggXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 01011101 01011101 01011101 11010101 11010101 111101100 111100111 01111111 110111010 110101101 11000101 10010111 110011101 11010101 11010111 110100101 110111010 11010101 11011101 11110101 0111001011 11010101 1100101111 01110111 110101001 11011101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 188
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, by, not are repeated.

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  • summary of Fatherland;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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