This is an analysis of the poem Rise Up, O Farmer! that begins with:

O farmer, where is tile smile of your face?
Where is' your shepherd's bamboo flute'! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefcXgdga hcgXeibcda caXXXXfddidjc jdddaihabXg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,10,13,11,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011011 111100110 1011 11000111101 1110110101011 010110111010010110 01000101 1101011011110 11111111110110 01101001111101 11101010101011 111111011 011111111001011 11010110011 110100111 111010101001011 0101011000 100101010 1011010110001 011111101010101001 01101010011100101 11010101001 0101101 110111011 1111010 111110100101000 11010111001 110100011011111 110110101101101 111110000101 111101001001101 111110111001110 1101001110 111110110111111 010010101111 11101001001011 1111010110001 1111010011 1000100110011 1000110110 111110111 111010010101110 1010111011 110101010 1110111111 1111101 1111110011111 010011100100101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 494
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, where, in, with, of, you, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, who, why, though are repeated.

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  • summary of Rise Up, O Farmer!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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