This is an analysis of the poem The Fall Of The Tyrants that begins with:

Ho! Spaniards! rise for Liberty—your country on ye calls,
To fight to‐day, in proud array, before Granáda’s walls;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb XXcc ddee cXff dXeecaaee ffee aadd aaccfXXee ddXgg ffdd aahh iiccXXXX ccXdd jjee aXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,4,4,9,5,4,4,8,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100110111 0101010101101 01010101110101 01001101010101 010010010001 1010101010010 11000111010101 11000111100101 1011010111001 11010101110111 10100101110101 11101010110011 11011111000101 10011001110110 101000100011101 11110111110101 11110101110011 01011111010100 11110010010101 11010011010001 1 11111100010111 010101101010101 11011101011101 1101101110011 11000100011001 0101110010101 11011111110111 11001101110111 11110100100111 11011101110111 11111111101111 11111100011101 10110101011011 11001101110101 110011100101110001 111100110010111 1 11110100111111 1101111111011 01010111110111 01111100010101 11011100111111 11111101111101 11 1111011001110100 1111011001110010 11010101110101 10010100111111 0101010010101 11110101110011 10110101101100 101101011101001 1011101011101 10101001010101101 101001011101001 11011011101101 01001010111101 11010101010101 1111010111101 1110010101010 11011101110010 10011101110100 110111001110101 11111110110111 11 10010101111111 01010101111101 1100111110011 1111101111101 11011100111001 1111111101 10101111101110 1111010101000 10101111010101 01110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • 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; to, of, and, stranger, their, your, they, ye, by, allah are repeated.

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

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

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