This is an analysis of the poem Our Orders that begins with:
WEAVE no more silks, ye Lyons looms,
To deck our girls for gay delights!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab cdcd baba aeae bdbd fcfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 01111101 010100101 11010101 11011101 11011101 11010111 11011111 1111111 11010101 11010101 010111001 11110101 010111010 11000101 110100010 11010111 01110001 11110101 01000101 10110011 01110001 001010101 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word weave at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Our Orders;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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