This is an analysis of America by Gertrude Stein.

Once in English they said America. Was it English to them.
Once they said Belgian.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXXXXabXb
  • Stanza lengths: 13,
  • Metre: 1010110100101000 11110 1101 11110 111 111 11010010 11110 1111 111010 1111 011010101 11
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 13

Repeated words/phrases

we

Anaphora

once, are, can