This is an analysis of the poem The Approaching Hour that begins with:
You Communists and Republicans!
all you Germans and Frenchmen!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXa XbbXb abXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110010100 1110110 1101100 0110101 111101 110110 1101100 1111100 01001 1110000110 111101 1011 11011101 10 110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; you, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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- summary of The Approaching Hour;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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