This is an analysis of the poem Emancipation Day that begins with:
The sixties brought a clash of arms—
The mem'ry of it thrills and charms—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd dddddddd eeff ccgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 01000111 11011101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 01010101 00110101 01010101 11010111 01010111 01010101 11010001 11010101 10011111 11010111 01010101 10110101 01010111 01110101 01010011 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Emancipation Day;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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