This is an analysis of the poem The Revellers that begins with:
Ring, joyous chords!-ring out again!
A swifter still, and a wilder strain!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbbccdXXeff gghhiieeiidd Aaccddbbjjee aAaajjkkbbaaddXAAiiaajjbbii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,27,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 010110101 11101110101 111110101 111010101 0010100101 110100101 0010010100 100111111 101011000101 110110101 110101 11011111 001001101111 101010111 0010101111 1111111111 11101100101 111111101 1110011101 111111101 001010111 1010101111 101101 11011101 111100101 0100110111 11111001001 1111101111 11111011001 0110101101 110111111 0111100111 10101100001 1111110101 101101 11011101 010110101 111010101 1110100101 1010101101 1111110101 11100101001 0010101111 1111100101 0010110111 10100111111 1011010111 1110111101 101111 11011101 010110101 111110101 1010101101 110100111 1110110101 110100111 1010100111 1010110101 111010101 11111111101 0100101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 531
- Average number of words per stanza: 101
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; and, of, thou, hast, thy, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, by, and are repeated.
The author used the same word ring at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Revellers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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