This is an analysis of the poem The Battle that begins with:
Heavy and solemn,
A cloudy column,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaababbccXbc ddXXXeeffXG hhbbiidjjkkllccffbbccXG bbmmXjggjfXccXG mdmdnjjnccddXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,23,15,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110 01010 10111101 101110101 1011100101 011110101 1011100101 110111101 100100101 100 1101110101 10100101 100101010 110111010 1101010100 1101010100 10001101100 1001001101 111101111001 1011011001 1011101011 1011101010 0010111111 1011010010010 1011111110110 01010101 01010101 11010111 10010101 010101010 11010101 010111 10111011 1000010101 110111 1101100111 100100101 100110101 100101010101 10111100101 001001101101 1100110101 111010001001 100110101 1011101010 0010111111 01111001001 101011001001 10111101101 10110101101 101001010111000 10101100101 1011111111 11111011001 111101111 11111010001 011100111100 100100101 1111011001 1011101010 0010111111 100111001 010010 0101110101 1101010 100 0101110101 11101 100 1001001001 101101001101 1011101001 01001011001 111010101010 101001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
- Average number of words per stanza: 109
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; they, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, thrilling, many, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines waving is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Battle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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