This is an analysis of the poem Expostulation that begins with:
OUR fellow-countrymen in chains!
Slaves, in a land of light and law!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacdede Xfgfchch aiaifdfd cfcfjgjg klkljjjj memenfnf nlnlfdfd XnXnamam fgfXomoX gkgkfcfc gkgkgjgj kfkfckck pbpXldldXhdhdcfcf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010001 10010111 11010101 11010101 01010101 01110101 1100101001 01011101 11011101 11011101 11010101 1100101001 01010101 01010101 11110011 11011101 11110001 01110101 111100001 10010111 110011010 11110111 010001010 11010111 11110001 11001101 01110101 01010001 01110111 01010011 11110101 11011101 11110101 11000101 11110101 11010101 11111101 110101010 11010111 111101010 11011101 110011101 11010101 00101101 11010111 110110101 11010111 11110101 11110100 01010101 11010111 11011101 110101001 01010101 11010101 01011101 110010101 01110111 01010111 110100101 11111101 110100101 11110101 010101001 11110101 01011101 11010101 01010010 01010101 010011101 11110111 11110101 11111101 01010101 100101001 11100101 111100101 11110101 11110101 111010101 11010101 010101001 11010101 10010101 11110101 011011010 11111111 010111010 11110111 01010111 11110101 111100101 11110001 11111101 11101101 01010101 11110101 11110101 01010101 01010101 11010101 11011001 01110111 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 01010101 11010101 011111010 11011101 111101010
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, to, our, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words slaves, a, by, the, what, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Expostulation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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