This is an analysis of the poem The Answer that begins with:
Men and boys, O fathers, brothers,
Burst these fetters round you bound.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdbXbadedfgfgXXaXfbXXdhehibib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 1110111 10101110 1110001 10100110 1111111 10101110 1010101 10101111 1111111 11111011 1011101 10101110 1011011 11111101 1010001 10100111 0011110 11110111 1010101 101001100 0011101 111010010 10100110 11011010 1111111 10111100 101010 11011011 1110111 11111110 1111111 10011010100 0010111 101011100 1010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1193
- Average number of words per stanza: 220
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, you, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words let, crying are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Answer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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