This is an analysis of the poem The World’s Convention Of The Friends Of Emancipation, Held In London In 1840 that begins with:

YES, let them gather! Summon forth
The pledged philanthropy of Earth.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbcXdceceddfggfbbhiXicchibiXibibiXihhjjbjkjkhhhhffiXiXgXlgffhkkhmXiiXcjjbbgXiiggggfflilibbcccbbjjiigbgibinniiXiiibbbbbffjjfggiijgjgjjmmjbbjjXiiaaiikikbcccbclXbbjjccccfXfbbffdiidbbbboobbggkkccgcgcgeebbXfffiieejjjXbbccififXgbibicXdccccdgilggi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 243,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010001 010011111 010101010 11000101 010101010 11011100 11110100 1000101010 101111101 1000101010 01010101 110111110 110101110 11010111 11011001 11011101 01100101 10110111 110111001 110010111 01010101 11011000 11010101 1010101010 110111010 01010101 0100101010 111100101 110101010 010001100 11010101 11011101 111111001 11010101 11111101 01011100 01010101 10010101 01010111 100110101 11001101 110101 11000101 11011101 010101001 010100101 111010111 110100101 10110111 01000100 11010101 11011101 10110101 11011101 110101 10111110 01001101 1101111010 110111110 01000101 10011111 110111001 11110101 10110101 11010001 110101 11010101 01010100 11010101 01011101 1000111010 1101101010 010010101 11011101 110111011 11010101 10011101 1101001000 11000101 10010111 101111001 11100101 101100101 010100101 00111100 01100101 110111001 11010101 100101001 11110001 10011111 11111101 11010101 11011101 1101111 110100101 10011101 11010111 10110100 110100001 01010101 11010101 10010001 01010101 01011101 11111001 01010101 110011101 110100101 01110100 11010101 110101010 11110101 110010101 0101010010 11000101 11010111 01000101 011001001 01010011 11100101 10011101 11010111 11000101 10010101 11001101 11010101 11010001 110101001 100110101 011101010 100010101 110101010 010100101 10100101 11110001 10001101 110111001 01111101 11010101 11010101 11110111 01010111 01010111 01000111 110100111 01110101 01010101 11111111 11110001 11001001 11010101 111101011 110111110 11111111 01101100 110101001 010111010 10111101 11011101 10110101 01110101 11010101 100011111 01100011 01011111 101001010 0101001010 11011111 110111001 110001001 01011101 01110101 010100101 11011101 110111010 10110101 01010101 0111001010 11000101 01000101 11010101 110010101 11000101 01101001 11000111 10010101 010100110 010111010 01011101 01010111 111101010 110011010 01010101 11010111 11010101 01010101 01000111 101000111 01010111 11111101 11011111 110100101 11010101 11011101 110101001 01010111 01010001 11000111 11011101 01011111 10110111 11110101 01000100 1111101 01011001 01010111 01000101 01000101 11000101 10010101 010110101 10011000 10111101 11000101 01010101 01001101 010100001 110001010 100111000 010101110 010101010 010101010 11010101 01010100 010101010 11010101 010101010 11010101 10010100 11010001 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 8540
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1473
  • Amount of lines: 243
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; each, and, of, for, from, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, and, from, the, to, her, as are repeated.

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