This is an analysis of the poem Hail To You! that begins with:

Victory to you, O Most Auspicious One, O Abode of Sublimity and Eternal Delight! O Goddess of Freedom, O Triumphant One, We salute you!
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaXa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000111010110101000101001110010101011011 1010001100111100100101010001111 001001001100100110001011101111100101101110111111011011111101000010100101100100111101 11010100010011111001011001110100010111101011101100100111101110010110101 1001011110110111110010001001001010110011110010111100110101111111010110110010101011011 1011010110100101001011110111011111110101001001101011010010101100100 1101011001010110110011111110010111011011110110011101100101100111100111101101010111010100110111110010101011011 0101100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 951
  • Average number of words per stanza: 179
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 237 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 45
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, o, you, goddess, freedom, and, as, supreme, why, to, for, our, your, not, her, we, one are repeated.

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  • summary of Hail To You!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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