This is an analysis of the poem A Song For The Time that begins with:
UP, laggards of Freedom! — our free flag is cast
To the blaze of the sun and the wings of the blast;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddcceeeeaaccffgggghhiihh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11001011101 001001101001 011001011010 001101001111 101101111101 1111110100101 111010101101 111101011101 111101111001 11001111101 101111001001 01101111011 11111011011 101111011001 11111001001 11011011001 11101001101 11001011001 101001101001 111001101111 110110010110 1010011010010 111001111111 101011101011 11101011111 101011101111 11001011101 01101001101 11001011001 101101001011 110010100111 11100011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1667
- Average number of words per stanza: 316
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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, him, and, let, his, slave, like, to, so, come are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word let is repeated.
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- summary of A Song For The Time;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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