This is an analysis of the poem The American Rebellion that begins with:
Before
Twas not while England's sword unsheathed... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcbdddd ededcXcc X fafa gdgd dhdh idid bcbc ahah jcjc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01 111101100 110101 11111101 010101 11110101 101111 11001101 101101 11110101 1101001 11010001 110101 11011101 1011100 01010111 010101 10 01111101 0110101 101110011 110111 110100111 10101001 110010001 11010101 101110111 10111001 101110100 111111 1011101101 0011101 110011101 101101 11010011 010111 101011111 100111 101100101 11101011 101010101 11001101 10110101 1010101 11011101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she are repeated.
The author used the same word they 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 they connects the lines.
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