This is an analysis of the poem Oh, When Will You Stand Forth? that begins with:

Oh, when will you stand forth, who with strength can bring aid,
To strike down the injustice and lies...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaacacc bXXbdcdcc XXeeababb fXffagagX hhhhchchh dcddiaiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111101111 011001011 111101101011 1001111111011 111011 001101 011111 1101001 011001101011 110111010010 111011111 11101001001 101001011001 101011 1100001 1110011 111001 111001101111 111001101110 0111011001 111001101011 011011001 111101 111101 101101 011011 101111111001 110111111001 1010110011 111001101001 111011010101 101101 011111 101101 101011 1000101101110 111001111001 001101001 101011011011 101101001011 111001 111001 111001 101011 111011001011 111001101101 111101111 011011011001 111011011101 111101 0110101 111111 001001 0110111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, my, to, i are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).

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  • summary of Oh, When Will You Stand Forth?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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