The Falling Of Thrones by Ella Wheeler Wilcox: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Falling Of Thrones that begins with:

Above the din of commerce, above the clamor and rattle
Of labor disputing with riches, of Anarchists' threats and groans,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cbcb adad Xece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001010110 0100100100100111 0101011011011010 1111011011010010 1111011111010 110011111010101 10101001101001010 101010100100111 010100101111010 101011110111001 1010110101011110 11110100101101 10010011101010 1010101010101 1100101001010010 10010100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, above, not are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Falling Of Thrones;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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