This is an analysis of the poem Ritner that begins with:
THANK God for the token! one lip is still free,
One spirit untrammelled, unbending one knee!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeeeeeffggaacchhddccddeeiiddcceeccbbddhheejjeekkiieeccddjjlldX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 70,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11101011011 110100011011 101001011011 01101011001 11001011011 11111001001 10101101001 101001001001 111110010110 111111010110 1011101001101 111101001011 001001001011 01001001001 101001001101 001001011001 11001011011 11001011001 101001001011 101111011011 11011001001 001101001001 010010010010 010010010010 01001011001 101001001001 01001001001 01011001101 11101001001 01101001011 11001101101 11011101011 001101001011 001101011101 101001001001 001001101001 11101101011 01011011001 011001100101 001001001001 11001111011 01101110101 01001101011 101001011001 101001001011 101101001001 101011001101 101111101001 1000101001101 11011011111 111101001011 11001101001 11001101001 101010001001 01011011101 01001001001 001011101001 11101101111 11001011001 111011101001 11011101001 101001101111 01001001011 001011001001 101101011011 101011011001 01001010001 10101101011 101011011011 11011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3422
- Average number of words per stanza: 624
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; one, and, has, of, wherever are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thank, wherever, will, and, the are repeated.
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- summary of Ritner;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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