This is an analysis of the poem Rallying Song For Freedom In The North To that begins with:

Dishonored by the higher, but loved by all the low,-
Say, is it not the pathway that the new has to go?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb CXcc cXdd eeCX ffaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101010111101 1001011101101 1111010011101 100111101111 1101010010001 0100010101010 0101110010101 1101011001001 010101011010 1111110001111 111111011011 11101100111101 1101010110111 1101010101011 1101010010001 0111010101010 10100011111010 01010101001001 11011101101011 1101010101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, by, and, we are repeated.

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