This is an analysis of the poem The National Anthem that begins with:
A monarch is pestered with cares,
Though, no doubt, he can often trepan them;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbccdadXaabbXb ceXeddfgfghhdbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01101001 1111110100 111001111001 0010010010 111011111 001111001 110010 001110 111110 110010 1011010110011 11001001011 101101001 1010011010 001001101111 1010010010 01001011 011011010 01101101011 1110010010 101101111 001011111 110110 111010 110010 1100010 11011011111 11011001001 100111011 111110010 110010100000 110010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 588
- Average number of words per stanza: 101
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; by is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, its, by are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word anthem at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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