This is an analysis of the poem Equality that begins with:
The Elders of the Tribe were grouped
And squatted in the Council Cave;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc XbXbdd eXefcc gegehh iiXihh jkjklX alXlffXglgljj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01000101 11000101 11000101 11011101 00101101 11110101 11110101 100011101 11100001 11110101 01000100 1110100 101000111 11010111 11011101 01010101 11010101 01001101 10010001 01011111 01010101 10010101 11110101 01010011 11010111 10110101 01010101 01011101 01011101 11111101 1000110111 11110111 11110111 01010011 01111111 110110010 11111001 11010101 01100101 01111101 11110101 10010001 11110101 110111001 11011101 11010101 11110111 01011001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, to, and, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of Equality;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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