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

Fling out your banners, your honors be bringing,
Raise to the ether your paeans of praise....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac adXd ebeb afaf ghgh ijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110010 1001011001 110011110010 1011001011 11001110010 1101001001 11111110010 1001011001 11110110010 1101001011 10010111100 1111111000 11010110110 1101011011 11010110010 1001001001 10011111010 1111001001 0110110010010 1001001101 11110010010 1001101001 11111010110 1111101101 10011010011 1001101101 10110110011 1001001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words perched, never are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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