This is an analysis of the poem England that begins with:

ENGLAND, England, England,
Girdled by ocean and skies,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Acdddc Xbaabebabfbadeeed fghhgebab eb fXcciia Afafjgegjkakafeffefe aaffaffffXahbffab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,17,9,2,7,20,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1011011 1010001101001 1011101 101010 0100111 0100100101 0100100101 01001001001 10110101 11110011 00100101 1111001001 101110101 11110110 010100101 0111011 110101001 0010100 01011101 1010101 110110111 100111 11111011 0010101111 10101011011 110101 1111111 0101100 11011001011 1010110101 00111001 101001011001 11001001 100100101 101001 11111011 10100101 1100101101 101110110 110100101 10101100111 101101001 0100101111 0010011001 101010 0100101 11011101 110111 111110101 110101 1101101101 0010100 11100101101 111001001 1001011001 0010101 10111001 1011101 1011101 10111001 1011100100111 101101001 10100111011 101001 1101010 11011011 1011101 1011111 1111001 11011011 0101110010101 1101101100101 0110100101 0111111 110010010 00101001 100111001 100111001 0100100101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, england, wherever, of, great, last, till, in, over are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, wherever, of, till, over, the are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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