This is an analysis of the poem The English Revolution Of 1848 that begins with:

HO ye that nothing have to lose! ho rouse ye, one and all!
Come from the sinks of the New Cut, the purlieus of Vauxhall!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccddeeXXffffggccccccggbbhhiicXjjddggkkXXbbcfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101111111 10010011010011 01110101111101 0101010100110000 11111101111101 010111101011001 11010111110101 1010101011011101 01110101111101 1101111110111 0101010001101 110101110110100 11111111011101 10010111110111 11110001011110 10011111110101 110101110011111 11011101110101 01010100011111 111110111011101 11110111110111 11010100110100 111101010100110 1100111111110010 11110100010101 01111001110011 11001100111111 11011101110101 10111111010101 11111101111111 1111001000101010 111101001101010 11110001110101 11011011110100 11111011111111 00011101100101 10111101110101 11111000111101 11011111110101 10110101111101 1100010111101 010101000100101 1100001001111100 11110001011111 01110101111101 10011100010101 10011111100100 0100110010 11110001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3005
  • Average number of words per stanza: 564
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • 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; ye, of, and, for, to, he, now, says, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words shall, for are repeated.

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