This is an analysis of the poem Still, Though The One I Sing that begins with:

STILL, though the one I sing,
(One, yet of contradictions made) I dedicate to Nationality,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 110101011101010100 110101110101010110 1010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; i is repeated.

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