This is an analysis of the poem Song Of A Thousand Years that begins with:

Lift up your eyes desponding freemen!
Fling to the winds your needless fears!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcdc dbab bbab abab bbdb bbab Xbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110010 10011101 110111010 10110100 101010110100 10111101 101111011 10010101 100111010 10111101 101111010 10010100 101111110 11010101 100101010 10110100 10101010 10111101 100111010 11110100 101111110 11110101 11110111 11110100 101111010 10110101 1011010011 10110100 1101010010 11010101 110101110 10010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; your, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'tis, little, oh are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word years at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Song Of A Thousand Years;
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  • history of its creation;
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