This is an analysis of the poem To Arms! (Ii) that begins with:
Now let the cry, ``To Arms! To Arms!''
Go ringing round the world;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabacbcbadaX eXebXfXXadad gagahhhhadaX fgfgXeXeadad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 110101 110111001 110001 01010101 110101 11110001 011011 10011111 111111 11011101 110101 01010101 1111010 11011111 110011 11101111 111011 11011101 111010 10010101 010100 01010001 1010001 10010101 0110001 010011101 010111 010011111 010111 100101011 100101 10010101 110111 11010101 110101 110101001 110001 10011111 010101 01010101 110111 11110101 010101 11010001 110101 11010101 1010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, we, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, to are repeated.
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- summary of To Arms! (Ii);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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