This is an analysis of the poem An Appeal that begins with:
Art thou indeed among these,
Thou of the tyrannous crew,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcabca ccdccdc aacaaca efcefce Xgaggag eXdehde gicgicg badbadX jeajeaj kgckgck haahaah Xkaekdek
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011 1001001 0101011 11001001 1011001 11001001 11101001 111001 1011111 1011110 101111 11001001 0111001 111011 0111011 11001001 101101011 00101001 11101001 01101001 001011000 1011001 111001 1111011 11111101 111011 1111001 111010 1101110 1101001 10101011 1011011 1111111 1001101 11111001 1111111 11010010 111101011 101011011 111011 101001001 1011011 111011101 011011101 1011011 1011011 1101011 1101101 1011011 1011011 111111 10111111 1111111 10001101 1011101 10011110 0111111 01011000 1001001 1011111 101001 1010111 1101111 1010111 1001101 1110001 101011 1001011 1001101 111011 111001 1001001 1101010 11010001 1001001 1101101 111001 0111011 100111 1111011 1111101 1111101 1101011 11101001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, we, so, in, thy, thou, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, purer are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of An Appeal;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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