This is an analysis of the poem England My Mother that begins with:
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England my mother,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a BccD bcXe XXdf gchf Xcie cjXc ecgf X hbik hhha hcci cjle kkkk cjci X hcBD ijaa XXlm ldcc XXbf X XhBD Xcfe dkbd ebbh mhga iXBD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10110 10010 10010 1001 11110 11010 11010 1001 100010 11110 10010 1101 10010 1001 11010 1001 11010 11110 11110 1101 10110 10010 10010 1011 11110 11010 10110 1001 1 10010 10110 100010 1001 10110 10110 11010 1101 10011 10010 10011 1101 11010 11110 10110 1001 10110 10110 101100 1001 11010 10010 10010 1001 1 11011 10010 10110 1001 10110 10010 10111 1111 10110 11010 11110 1111 11010 10010 10011 1011 11010 10010 100110 1001 1 11010 10011 10110 1001 11110 10010 11110 1101 10010 11010 11010 1001 11011 10110 10110 1001 10111 10010 10110 1001 10110 11010 10110 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 28
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 103
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; song is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ever, song are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
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