To Ronge by John Greenleaf Whittier: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To Ronge that begins with:

Strike home, strong-hearted man! Down to the root
Of old oppression sink the Saxon steel.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccabdedebbffggaaeehhgcgciieXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011001 0101010101 1100110111 1100111101 1111110111 0101000111 0101010111 1101010101 1111011101 0111010101 1101010101 1111011001 0110011101 1101110101 1101111111 01011111001 10110010101 1011110101 0100111101 1101000101 10011101110 100101001010 1101010011 1011010111 1101010111 0101001101 0111010111 1011010001 0101010101 0111110100 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1339
  • Average number of words per stanza: 248
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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