This is an analysis of the poem Hail! Childish Slave Of Social Rules that begins with:
HAIL! Childish slaves of social rules
You had yourselves a hand in making!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ababefef gbgbafaf hahaifif eXecjaja akakhchc lmlmfnfn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 111001010 11111111 011101010 11110111 110101010 01010101 111101010 11110111 110001010 1110101 010101110 111111111 111101010 11110111 111111100 11111001 110101010 11010111 110101010 11010101 010111010 11111101 111100010 10110111 111111010 01010101 110101010 11010101 010101110 11011101 110100110 11010101 100110100 11010011 111101010 01010111 010101110 10011111 110100110 11111101 110101010 11011101 110111010 01110111 111111010 10011001 110101010 01111001 110101110 10011101 100111010 010111111 111111010 11011101 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, your, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, i, your, far are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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