This is an analysis of the poem To Massachusetts that begins with:
WHAT though around thee blazes
No fiery rallying sign?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcdcbbbbefefdgdgagaghihijcjcdgdgajajhahXcgcg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110 11001001 0111110 1100101 11100100 010101 1111010 010101 1101010 1010011 1111010 110101 1101010 0010111 1100010 110111 1101010 110111 1111110 1101101 1010010 010101 10101010 1111001 11101010 0010101 11111010 110101 10111010 1010111 10111010 1010101 101001010 010001 00101010 010111 11101010 1111111 10110010 0010101 10101110 110111 11101010 0101010 10101110 0100111 0101010 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1444
- Average number of words per stanza: 263
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, the are repeated.
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- summary of To Massachusetts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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