This is an analysis of the poem No My Friends No! that begins with:

Hail foes to oppression, and lovers of freedom!
Your day has arrived, and your power you know:-... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcbXbdbXbcbebebfbfbdbdbdXdbfbfbcbcbabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010110010 11101111011 0101000011110 111001011111 110110111010 11101011011 111010111010 111001011111 0100111011100 01111011111 1010010110110 11101011111 1111110110110 11001010111 111111011010 10101011111 0101100111010 1011001011011 10010010111010 11101111111 111101010111 01011011101 110011010011 101101011111 111011110010 01011001011 1011011110110 11111111111 111010110010 1110100110111 11101101011110 11101011111 1011111100010 101111111011 001111100010 111101111111 111110111110 111001101111 1010011010110 111001111111 110110110011 0100010110111 110011110011 111001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 422
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; and, their, our, us, his, no, may are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, we, who are repeated.

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  • summary of No My Friends No!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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