This is an analysis of the poem Victory Day that begins with:
As sure as God's in His Heaven,
As sure as He stands for Right,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acdcccdd ceXXeeaeaea fffEeeXeaXgX bbeEbbbbeebE eaXaeeebebhhbaCAbbebbbeCA bebheCA eeggeffcccXdiiajjaCA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,11,12,12,25,7,20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110010 1111111 111010111 1101101 1 10100111 01110100 11010111 01011101 01011101 01011100 010100 1011111 0011101 011111010 10111110 101101011 001001101 101011 001101 0010101 001101 1101101 0101101 10001111 0010111 101 01001101 10100100 00101010 101101 001101 0111110 10101010 01111010 0110101 1111101 01100100 101 1011111 0111001 010101 0010001 1010101 0101110101 0101 101 1011001 001001001 10101010 0110101 11010111 0100111001 11010111 11010101 11 110100111 01010101 11010001 01010001 1010001 10101011 101001 0101111 1110101 1101010111 110101 110101 0010101 1111010101 10101011 101001 0101101 0111101 1010001 11011100 110001 10101011 101001 110111 010111 010101 1010101 00111100101 11100101 1011001 0011001 1010111 1011100 001101101 011100 1111111 1010101 01000101010101 1111111 1010101 11111101010111 10101011 101001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 99
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, sure, of, britons, they, came, and, from are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, then, from, with, they, britons, it are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sea, ', there, doom are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word one at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase then connects the lines.
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- summary of Victory Day;
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