This is an analysis of the poem To The Thirty-Ninth Congress that begins with:

O PEOPLE-CHOSEN! are ye not
Likewise the chosen of the Lord,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcddeeefccXeegffhddhiieffgaaXaaejXgkkXeeaaaaggjii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 51,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11010001 01001101 00110101 11011111 11010101 01010011 11010101 01010101 01010111 11111101 11010101 10010101 11111101 11000101 01110101 01011101 11010101 11111101 11110101 11011101 01010101 01010111 111100101 01110101 11011101 110100101 01110101 111100101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11111101 11110111 11010101 01010100 01010100 00011111 11111001 01110100 11010101 11011101 11000101 01010111 110010001 11010101 011100101 01010101 11010101 01010001 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1755
  • Average number of words per stanza: 320
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, be, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.

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