This is an analysis of the poem Emancipation Hymn that begins with:
Praise we the Lord! let songs resound
To earth’s remotest shore!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xdad cefe ccXc XfXf Xaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 010101 10110101 111111 110101011 011111 01010101 110101 11010101 011101 01010111 010001 1101111 101101 11110101 110101 11110101 111101 11010111 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 1100111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; songs, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word till is repeated.
The author used the same word praise at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Emancipation Hymn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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