When Klopstock England Defied by William Blake: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem When Klopstock England Defied that begins with:

When Klopstock England defied,
Uprose William Blake in his pride;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeaaf fggeehhccaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 10101001 11100001 1111 1101111101 11010101 11100101 110010101 0011101 1111111 011111101 01111111 110101001 1000111 10101001 110100101 101011111 1100100111 101110001 111110101 11011001 11110111 110100110 1011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 443
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; since is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, since are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase blake connects the lines.

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