This is an analysis of the poem Hurrah For The Light Artillery! that begins with:
On the unstained sward of the gentle slope,
Full of valor and nerved by hope, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcX ddbcX eeffX ggbcX eebc ddbcX ggbcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,4,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1001100101 101011011 0100110101 110010100 101 100101101 010100101 011011111 110010100 11 0101001101 0101111011 0100101001 11101101001 1 011111001 11011101 01110101 111010100 1010 01011111 101001001001 10111101 111010100 101110101 101100101 111101111 0010010100 110 01001001001 1010110101 1011110111 101010100 101011000
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; to, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, 'hurrah are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Hurrah For The Light Artillery!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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