A Call For Help For Garibaldi by Thomas Cowherd: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Call For Help For Garibaldi that begins with:

Canadian freemen, one and all,
Respond to Garibaldi's call,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbbbb bbbcdddc ceebdddb cccdfffd dddeggge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010111 01010001 11110101 011001 11010101 11011101 11011101 110101 11111001 010101001 01010011 110101 11010101 01011101 11011101 011001 110111110 11011100 10111100 110101 01111101 01110101 01001101 110101 11010101 01010111 11010101 010001 01010101 01011110 11111101 110101 110101001 01111001 11100101 010100 110111001 10010101 11010101 0100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; he is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word forbid is repeated.

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