This is an analysis of the poem The Egalitarian that begins with:

I sing the song
Of equality,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcbdbAB efgf hXbi XXie Xidi Xjcj cbib eheh Xaea Xaja Xdcd XeXe ddjd cgag ihXd bX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 00100 111011 0110100 010101110 1011010100 1101 00100 111101 101101 010100010 1011101 11 011011 1110111110 01111110 10100 11010 1001010 11111111 1101000 101101110 1111000010 111111110010 10101 010011011 0100101010 11011101101 111110 10111110 1100110 1010100110 1111010101 00100011 1101010 10111 11011 11110 01011010 101110 01010100 100110110 0010100100 1001110010 11101 1110001 10110110 1101000011 0101010010 101011 0011011010 10111 1010001001 11001 11010 100100111 10100101 1010011 0011101 10100010001 11011110 11101 100101011 10101 01001000010 01010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; of, or, your, you are repeated.

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  • summary of The Egalitarian;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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