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

Say, Valiant,
Say: High is my head! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Ab bcAddeeafgbhAB aifdjedfkgAB fghklXdmcgXnkkAB fbaXbiaiXokgiXgXadkdakeffefj ffacneeakXajeak lfdbemeeggabnafXjbfloiibjfobagegbbb aboobiXenaXbikXedXedibaeai ibfXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,14,12,16,28,15,35,26,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 11011 10111 0110110101 110 1100101100101 10010101010 101 10011010 101100101 1110 100100100101 010111110 11101001010 110 101011 1100100101100 1101001010 110111010 110110100101 11110 111010 110100110 1101011111100 111001101010010010 1101001010101 110 101011 11010111001 1011111001 11010101010 1111110 110010101 11101110001110 111010 11011111 11110010101011 101010011001 111110011 11100011 1101011010 111001100110 110 101011 1101011010 11101011011 11010101 11010100 001011 1011110 0110100101 10010110110 11010011010 101111 1110 111010011101 110101010010 11011001000 110100101 1101010110 1101001001 111000101000100 1101000110 110100101 110110001001 110100001001010 110010011 110010010 011110101 1100101101 1101101 111011011000010 11010011 110110010010 111010011 1100110101001 110101101 110101000101 11010111 0001111 110100110 11010100100 11010100101 11010100010 11011100110100 11010000101 1101011010001010 11010001 110100110010 11010100001101 110101001010 1101010101 110110111 11010100010 110010101010011 1101101010101101 110101001 110101001 11011011101001 1101101101 1101100111 1101101 11010101001 1101100100 100010111110 11011101 1001110111 10110011001 110101101 11100001101 1101010101001 110100101100 1011010001110101 01001101 0101000111 0101001001 110100100010001 110110001 1111010101 11101001001101 11010011101 1111101 11101 11100101 110101100111 110010001001101 110101 0111011101 101011101010 1101010011 11010110101 1110110100010 1101001 11100101110011 100010101 111010010 11010101000 111100 111110000101 1101101001000 11010100011000101 101011010111 1001010110 1101010111 011011001010001 1010101110101010 11100101010 10110 11010010 11110101 11001101 01010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 152
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words say, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines head is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word head at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Rebel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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