This is an analysis of the poem Emancipation that begins with:
Behold! the days of miracle at last
Return-if ever they were truly past:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb ccccaaddXX bbeeffXa bbffXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010011 0101010101 0101000101 0111001101 1111010101 1011001101 01001010111 0101110101 1101001101 1001010001 1111010101 0101110101 11010100101 0111011101 1101010001 0101010101 1001010111 0101000101 01000101001 0101010101 0101010101 1111010111 1010010101 1111110101 1001010101 0101110101 1111011101 010011101 1011010101 1101010101 11010101000 11010101000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, his, as, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is 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.
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