This is an analysis of the poem Voice Of New England that begins with:

UP the hillside, down the glen,
Rouse the sleeping citizen;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbbcccdddeeefffbbbgggaaahhhiiijjjXXaaaakkkdddhhhdddlllmmmnnnaaagggfffmmmbXbddgfffXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 87,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010100 1010101 1010101 1011101 1010011 0010001 1111101 1111111 1010111 1011011 101011010 0100111 10100101 10110101 1111101 1011101 1011001 1011101 1000111 1010101 1011101 1011101 1110111 1010101 1010111 1010111 1110101 1010101 1000101 0111011 1011001 1010101 1110001 1110101 1001101 10001100 0010110 1010101 1110101 1110101 1111101 1011111 1010101 10101011 1111101 1010101 101001101 1110111 1010101 1011111 11100101 1111111 1011101 10101001 1011101 1010101 1010010 1011111 1111101 1110111 0010101 1010111 1001101 1011101 10011101 1010101 1011110 1111100 1011001 1010111 1110101 1010011 10111001 10101111 1111111 1111100 1001101 1110111 1011111 1011101 1111101 1011101 1011101 1010110 1010101 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2759
  • Average number of words per stanza: 499
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; your, to, of, her, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words like, whoso, freedom's are repeated.

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