This is an analysis of the poem Respondez! that begins with:

RESPONDEZ! Respondez!
(The war is completed--the price is paid--the title is settled beyond... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdeeXdeafgXhieiegejkedlimaehXidmdkcealnioeiijajebXfageaXcjieeeiiafeoXaaafXjmaekoeoXbapceijbXlelkmncpicmjfeXqbebbeXqqbqli
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 124,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 010010010101001001 01 110011011110101101 11111011000110 1110001101100101 101001 11110110111111 010100111 11001010110101 1010 1011010001 11011001011110010 10011101 110101001001001001 11010010101011111 1010 11110010101101 101110011011111 0101 1010011010011110101 010101 110100111110101011 110110101010 10101010101111 0101110010110100 1100110001 101111010010110010 1001001001000101 10010010101101011 01111111 1110110111010001 110101011 1010001001010010100 11101011 10101111110111 11111 1010101111101010 1011101110110 11 10110010110110111 1010011111010010 011110100110110 10011 1011111100100100 1001101001001 110111010001100111 10011100001010 1111000100 1010001010011011 010010010101100111 101010011010 010011110011 101101101001101 10111110100 11001010 11001101001010100 101110110 111001110001010 1010101001011010 01001010111010 111110101011001 010001110 11001011010101001 111001100010 11011011101111 1101011110100100010 11100101111010001 1110110100101010 1010100111110010 101010101010 11011011010010001010 11 1011011111011010 0101 11011 11010100110100100 100101001100100 110110000110101001 01011101001011 1111111001 1010101010011 1001001001111010 101110010110011100 1 1010100100010100010010 0101101010010001 1010111101000 1101010001011011010 1001 10101001101001110 1101001011001001 110111010 1101011101101101 0111111101110 1011 111010010011000010 1100 1101010110111100 0101010101010 1010001111101 011011111011011 101011001010010 1 10110101100101011 11011101010 101001110111011 101 101001110100 1110101100101 10110010101101 10110110111001 10111010110100101 10 1011001101101001 11010101101 10010001001010010 101011010100 10111010101001 1010110010101001 1110011111010111 1 101000011101010000 1111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 7226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1104
  • Amount of lines: 124
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; let, be, their, man, of, heart, and, among, god, faith, seeming, after, in are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines god is repeated).

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