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

Up go the beautiful and world-watch'd stars,
Lifting the glory of America,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaabaXb XcXccdcdd efeffbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101001111 1001000100 10111111 11 1001100001 1110011111 0101111101 1101011111 01010101110 010011110101 0101011111 1101010111 0110111111 1100010101 1101110101 0111011000 1101010001 01000101001 11001011101011 11010100101 0101000101 0100010111 0101010001 1101011101 1101110101 1101010111 01000111101 100100001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 396
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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