This is an analysis of the poem An Anthem that begins with:

Our vision is our voice
we cut through the country...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bac ccc DE cabc facX gcca he cXXaXa fghXfX dbXDE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,2,4,4,4,2,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 111010 110100010100 11101010 110101001 1101101 11011 11011 11011011 11101111 0101111 111010 010111 1010110 111111011 10101110 111110111 101010001010 11101111 1111110110 1111110011 111111011 111111011 111011110 101111 11010 1001010001 11110 0100101 1110010 0110 111001110 10111 10010100111 110100110 01 1100100010 1111001 1110100010 11101111 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; we, and, not, more, than are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, are are repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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