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

HARK! Young Democracy from sleep
Our careless sentries raps: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fgfg hehe ibib jheh fkfk lXlm nfnf nene fdfd ococ bmbm mlXl Xfbf dbdb efef ecjc Xbfb pcpc ijij XibiXpepe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 110101 01100101 1101001 01110011 110101 01111111 1100111 11000101 0100001 11111101 0101001 11111101 110101 11110011 010101 11010011 100111 01110111 111111 01000101 000101 11111001 010101 11110100 111101 01010111 110101 000101001 010101 11010101 010011 11010101 01110000 11110101 010101 01110101 111101 11011111 010101 11110101 110101 01011001 010001 11010001 010101 01110100 111001 11010111 110001 110011101 100011 11010101 110101 11010011 011001 11010101 110001 01010100 010101 110010010 010111 11000101 011101 11000101 110101 11010101 110101 01010101 011101 10000101 110101 01111101 011101 11011100 010101 1101010 011101 11110100 010101 010010111 011101 11010101 111101 11000111 011100 11110101 010100 11011100 01110101 11111101 110111 11111111 110101 11011101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3456
  • Average number of words per stanza: 515
  • Amount of lines: 119
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no, or, in, s are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

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

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