This is an analysis of the poem The Emancipation Group that begins with:

AMIDST thy sacred effigies
Of old renown give place,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdcdefefefefbfafgdgdXhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110100 010111 11010100 1110001 10111101 100101 01111101 100101 11010101 111101 10100101 1100101 010101001 010111 11010101 010101 11011111 110111 01010101 110101 11001011 100101 11000111 010101 10111101 010101 11010101 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 838
  • Average number of words per stanza: 155
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of The Emancipation Group;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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