This is an analysis of the poem Emancipation Song that begins with:
Let waiting throngs now lift their voices,
As Freedom's glorious day draws near,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbc dXdabc XeXebc fefeXc gegebcXfgfgbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111110 110100111 1100101100 11110101 01110101 11010101 110111010 01010100 110011010 11011101 110100011 01110101 110101010 01011001 111111110 11110111 11111101 11010101 110101010 110011101 1101001110 11110101 11010101 11010101 110110010 010101001 110101010 010101001 11011101 01110101 110101010 01010101 100101010 11010101 01010111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; their, man are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word man is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word hurrah at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Emancipation Song;
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