This is an analysis of the poem The Defence Of Lucknow that begins with:
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BANNER of England, not for a season, O banner of Britain, hast thou... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaXbB XccddeeccffggdddfdfggXhhB XaagggXiffjijibB XkhkXdcdclcbXlcB ahhiaaiiibbbb addcceeffccffmmffmmbccb XdccdcdXcbiib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,25,16,16,13,23,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 100101101011001011 100100101100101 1001001011111111 101100100101010 1101101011011101 1100101011100101 1 1001101001111011 1011001111011011 101111011111011 10010111110011101 100111111001001 1001111111111001 10011101111111011 10110101101101 1011011011111101 1111001011111001 1001011001011011 1001101101011111 1111001111001011 1101101101111101 1011111111011111 10011011001011011 1101001001001001 1001001101011001 11011001111101 1001001111101001 101101101001001 1001101011001101 11011110101101011 1100101011100101 1 11011011011010101 11010110110010101 1101101011101011 1011011011011011 1011010011001001 11111001101010 1101011101011101 1011011111011001 1011101101010101 1101010101011101 1101111111111011 1011111011011011 1011101101101001 1011101101111101 1100101011100101 1 1101110101001101 1001001001001001 1011101101001111 111111110100110110 1101001111001011 1011001010001101 10011101101111111 1001101111101001 1011001011101001 100100111111101 1001011101111011 100100011011111000 1111001001001111 100111101100101 1100101011100101 1 1101011001011111 101100111101011 1001101101001001 1111101101101101 111110101111111 1101011111101011 10110111100111101 11010010011110111 1011001011011101 1001011011011011 1001001111011011 11001010111001001 1 1001111011111111 1001011101001101 100110111011001 1011001011011001 100110101100111 100100111110101 1001001001001101 1001001001001001 1101001101001001 1011001011000101 100100110101101 100101100111101 1001001101001001 1011001101011101 1001001011001101 100100010101011 1111001011001011 1101001001001001 111011011011111 1111111101101101 10010101100101 1100101011100101 1 1100101001111101 101111011101101 1001001001001011 1101001001001001 1001001101001001 1001101001011011 1001011001000100 1001101001101011 100101111001001 1101001111010010 101011111011010 110011010101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 995
- Average number of words per stanza: 188
- Amount of lines: 113
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; of, and, we, his, death, to, our, that, storm, at, with, ever, it, saved are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words death, twice, ever are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word blew at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Defence Of Lucknow;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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