This is an analysis of the poem The Peasants' Revolt that begins with:

THRO' the mists of years,
Thro' the lies of men,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcdccdefXefbeggeXXbbhIEiiejbjjhIEiie
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 10101 110111 1100111 11101 101101 11101 11101 100011 11111 11101 0101001 1111111 111110 11111 11111 10111 11101 111101 11111 11101 111010 1101001 111111 100011 11101 10100 100101 010111 10101 10101 010100 11101 10100 11100 11101 10100 11111 11111 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1000
  • Average number of words per stanza: 175
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thro', your, yes are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of The Peasants' Revolt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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