This is an analysis of the poem Jacob Godbey that begins with:
How did you feel, you libertarians,
Who spent your talents rallying noble reasons...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdXeedcXXXXXcbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011110100 111101001010 0100110100 1100110101101 11010100 101111010101 111111010 110100 1101101010011010 11111001101 111010011011 10111011111 1110100011010 101010110 0010010 11001001 0001011100100 0100001 1010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 739
- Average number of words per stanza: 140
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 is repeated.
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- summary of Jacob Godbey;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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