This is an analysis of the poem A Young Rebel that begins with:

The sun is setting behind the range,
his golden rays pour down...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababBX cdcbbd bcbaec fefgge acabbc fhfiih eXeiiX fbfbBX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100101 010111 101010101 10100101 111101011 1010101 011100101 1011101 111100101 010100111 010010111 0010101 010100101 00100101 11101011 11010101 1011100101 010101 1110110001 1010101 0011100101 1001111 100100101 1100101 010100101 00100101 1100100101 0101000101 100100101 1011101 011100101 1000101 1001001001 110010101 100110101 10100101 110111001 00110100 10110101 1100111101 1100100101 101011 010100101 010111 10101011001 100101 111101011 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Young Rebel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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