This is an analysis of the poem Calvin Campbell that begins with:

Ye who are kicking against Fate,
Tell me how it is that on this hill-side,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXbXXXXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11110011 1110011011 1010010 11011011 01100111 101011010 1011001111 1100110101100 1110 1111101100 1111110001 110111111 101010110 11110110111 110111001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 562
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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