This is an analysis of the poem Alton Locke's Song that begins with:
Weep, weep, weep and weep,
For pauper, dolt, and slave!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcccb cdXeed adcccd X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 110111 1010111 100101001 1010101 1101 11111 01001110 1110111 1101111 1111101 11110 11111 111110 01010101 01010101 01010110 1110 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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; weep, and, down, up are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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