This is an analysis of the poem Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve that begins with:
YES, tyrants, you hate us, and fear while you hate
The self-ruling, chain-breaking, throne-shaking State!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd bbefe gghh eecc iijX ffkk ccaa eeeX ccfX llhhXjjkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11011111111 01101101101 01111011001 01101011111 11001101011 01111101001 111110101011 11001011101 111001111001 11111111111 01011101011 10101110100 1 11001011011 0111100111 11001001011 001011001001 11011001101 01111011011 11101011001 01001111001 11111001001 11011011001 11111001101 111110010110 11011011011 01001001101 11001001001 01101101001 11111011011 01011001011 01101101011 01001111001 11011011001 11011110101 11001011001 11111011011 11011011001 1101101011 1111001011 0001110100010 11011111001 011111001101 11001001111 101001101001 11011011101 11011001011 11001111001 001101111001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; you, our, we, of, as, ye, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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