This is an analysis of the poem The New Locksley Hall that begins with:

'Forty Years After'
COMRADE, yet a little further I would go before the night... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4037
  • Average number of words per stanza: 720
  • Amount of lines: 134
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, you, your, in, on, our, what, we, have, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, we, see, i, you are repeated.

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