This is an analysis of the poem Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Gates Of Brass; that begins with:
Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass;
Ye bars of iron, yield!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe afafXabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 110101 11010101 010001 01010101 1100011 0100101101 111111 11000101 010001 11011101 110101 10010101 010011 01010101 010101 10010101 010101 01010101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 is repeated.
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