This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Peasant that begins with:

Arise, O tiller of the soil,
Hold the plough in your iron grip. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX defghch Xija fdXgk cX Xlj lXjhkalfdbXXjjjhfhXhld ageciheaXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,4,5,2,3,22,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110001 10101101 11111001 11101001 11111010 1101010111010 10100010010 11011 01110001001 11101010101 101 00101010 1101011100 00101000101 111001001 111010101 1001110010 111101111001100 1110110111 010 11111101 01010011 01010101010 10110101 111011110 11101001011 111000111 001001110 1101100110111 111100001 110110001 11011 1001000100010100 110 1100110101011 101011 1011000101010 010011 111110101011 0010011 0101011 01011010 111111 1001111 1010111 010101010101 1011000 0101110001 11111110101 101010 11100101 01111110101 1111 1010111010 010011010001 0100100101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word comrade at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Song Of The Peasant;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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