This is an analysis of the poem The Year Of Revolutions that begins with:
Lift up your pale faces, ye children of sorrow,
The night passes on to a glorious to‐morrow!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabXccaa dXaaeeaabb ddaaffaaff ggaagghhii jjkkllaXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110110010 0110100100011 11111011001 001001001001 1010010010010 10100101111000 1010010010010 010010010010 11001111111 11111111001 1110111011 11101001100 11111011111 11101101001 111110010110 110110111011 11011101001 01001001001 11011001001 11101011001 101001001101 101001011011 110110010001 101011101001 10110110011 10010110010 111011110110 111010100010 11011001011 101111101001 110110111010 0100100011110 11011011101 11001111001 11011011011 01011001011 110110111011 110010110011 110110011010 0111101000010 01101011011 11101011001 001001011001 11001011101 101111001111 01111011111 1010110010110 0010010110110 100001011101 11001011111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 502
- Average number of words per stanza: 94
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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, they, courage, on, with, for, each, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, who are repeated.
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- summary of The Year Of Revolutions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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