This is an analysis of the poem Workmen's March that begins with:
Left foot! Right foot! Lines unbroken!
Keeping time is power's token....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAXabbcccc AAdddede AAaXaXaaff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 10101010 11 1 01010 11101110 11101110 11101110 10111010 11101110 11111010 10101010 10100110 11101011 10100110 11111010 10101010 10111010 11111010 10101010 11111010 1011010 10101010 111 1 1010 11111011 10101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; that, makes, marching are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
The author used the same word left at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Workmen's March;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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