This is an analysis of the poem The French Revolution As It Appeared To Enthusiasts that begins with:

. Oh! pleasant exercise of hope and joy!
For mighty were the auxiliars which then stood... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeeefgXheXfXgiadbhbejibdbdXXXkdjbbk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010111 11000100111 0111110101 1100110001 10011101011 010110101 0101110111 00100010001 11010100101 1101110001 0110000101 1111010001 11001011011 0101010111 1111011010 01010010101 0101010111 1101010011 0100100001 0111010101 1111111011 0100010111 11001010011 11001010111 0101010001 1101010111 1011011101 0101110101 1111010101 1101111011 1001001101 11011101110 01110011010 1111101111 1101010111 100100001001 11010101011 1001011001 0101011001 1111001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1814
  • Average number of words per stanza: 312
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; who, had, they, and are repeated.

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

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