This is an analysis of the poem Army Headquarters that begins with:
Old is the song that I sing --
Old as my unpaid bills --... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcdd eeXb aaff XfeX eecX ggee fXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001111 111011 1101011001 1111011101 0101010001000010 110000101010101 01110100010101 11111100111111 11010100010101 11010100010101 010001010101100 1010101010101010 111111010111001 1101010010001 11010111110001 01010001110011 101010101010101 101010001010101 01000101010101 010111010100100 01010101110101 11100001111111 11010101010101 0101010101101110 1101001001101011 111111011111111 010111011101001 11010101110101 11010101010111 01010101001100 1101010011101 101010100010001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; old, as, his, at, him, they, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words old, he, they, and are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Army Headquarters;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
