The term indicates that the cause of the Luddites, like the American Revolution, is to break away from the oppression that limits freedom. Liberty in first and last lines bounds the activities within. Blood’s dual meanings are expressed as well–the necessity of the tradesmen’s work for the body politic to prosper and the violence to which they have been brought. The are in the mud (the mire of poverty caused by the loss of their trade) as well as of the mud (honest tradesmen, whose work is tied closely to the land). The rhymes with Ludd (mud, blood) are more than just sound, they depict the poorness and desperation of the Luddite movement. it is it’s natural manure.” (Source: The Jefferson Monticello ). There’s the obvious allusion to Jefferson: “the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. The word is in the first line and the alliteration of “Liberty lads” draws attention to the direction the piece is heading. It was part of the song’s refrain, which rendered it less interesting, so I moved on to the instance in Byron’s Song for the Luddites and a touch of traditional analysis.īought their freedom, and cheaply, with blood,Īnd dye it deep in the gore he has pour’d. Further examination revealed that most of the instances of the word lads were in The Cropper’s Song (14 of 17). Words like cropper and broke and frames were expected in Luddite work. The word that leapt out from the cloud (see previous posts’s images) was lads. The field (discipline?) of text visualization is broad.

Focus on a piece or a passage suggested by the tools.Use visual analysis as a springboard to traditional analysis.Explore the use of text visualization tools like Voyant.Visually analyze the Luddites texts as a corpus.The following encapsulates a presentation I was to give, but said presentation was OBE (overcome by events, for you folks without military experience).

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