This is an analysis of the poem Republican Pioneers that begins with:
We're marching along, we're gath'ring strong'
We place on our right reliance, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabAbbA ccdXdX cXeXeeX ccdcddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011101 11111010 110011111 11110010 11001 1111 11110010 11111101 10111010 0101111101 0100011000 0101111101 0100011000 111111111 10011010 110011111 1101000100 11001 1111 1101000100 111100101 10111110 10101100111 00101010 10111 100101 0100011000
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of, our, cry are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
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