This is an analysis of the poem Mafeking that begins with:
Once again, banners, fly!
Clang again, bells, on high,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabcXXb dddefffe gggbaaaX dddhiiih hhhjXXcj aaaikkki iiijlllj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 101111 100111 10110 100100 100100 0110001 10110 101101 101101 110101 10110 1001101 101101 111101 10110 111101 111101 110101 10110 011111 100111 111101 11100 110111 100101 110101 10111 101111 110111 101001 10010 111111 110101 100101 10010 111101 100100 100100 10110 110101 100101 111111 11110 100101 110101 100101 10110 110111 111101 111111 10110 110101 111101 100101 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Mafeking;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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