This is an analysis of the poem A Bill For The Better Promotion Of Oppression On The Sabbath Day that begins with:
Forasmuch as the Canter's and Fanatic's Lord
Sayeth peace and joy are by me abhorred;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgXXhiihhiijjjbbkkllllXXccXmXkkaannXdjjeeggaabbaamXmmcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 66,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101011001 1011111101 1111110111 1111001001 1100101101 110100101 00110101101 11011101 00110101101 1100111101 1101100101 11110111001 1111011001 10010100 1110100 1011101 111011101 01110111 0101111011 010010100111 110010010010 110110010010 111111001 010011111 100101011 111110110010 1010110111111 10110111 01011101 11111111 01111111 0001011001 0101001011 0111110111 1101100111 0101111001 11110101 11101101110 0110110101 11001100 101100101 10101110101 110111101 11010101 111001101011 1011100101 110101010 1111101110 110011101 1010111011 1101101110 010101010 10101111 1101110010 11001111 0101001011 1010011010 1010010010010 0111011001 010100101 100010110010 010010110100 110110100110 101011011010 11101101101 0111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2686
- Average number of words per stanza: 482
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, shall are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Bill For The Better Promotion Of Oppression On The Sabbath Day;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
