This is an analysis of the poem The Soldier's Bride that begins with:
At last the dread cloud that hung over the gorges
Has sailed to the west and extinguished the sun;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab ccXc dede dfdf dbdb XbXb eaea dbdb agag dhdh dbdX XcXc didi djdj fcfc jgjg ejej Xjaj dada ebebXejej
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111110010 11001101001 111010110110 11111011001 110111011110 11101011011 101110011010 01111111001 111011010110 11011101001 010110110110 01101111001 110111010010 01001011001 111111110010 11011101001 001011110110 11101011001 011010011110 01011101011 111111010110 11001111001 0101110101110 11011111001 111011110011 01011011001 111110110011 0110001110110 110011011010 1101111001 011010011010 01001001001 0011101010010 01011101001 010111010110 10111101101 1011111010010 11001001001 110111110 11101011001 111110011110 01001111001 011111110110 11110011001 111111011100 11101111001 110001010100 01101001011 111011111010 11101011001 111111110010 01011101011 110111010010 11101101001 110011110010 11111101101 110111110110 11101011111 111011010010 11101011001 110111011010 01001011001 1101110100010 11001001011 010110111111 11001011001 010110111011 11111111111 111111110100 01111101001 1010011010110 101011101001 110110010110 01001001001 110110111010 11101111001 110010010011 11001011001 0010110011111 11101001011 111111111011 11101111011 110011110101 101001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; or, my, this, i, thee, not, he, for, thy, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, their, press are repeated.
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- summary of The Soldier's Bride;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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