This is an analysis of the poem When You See Millions Of The Mouthless Dead that begins with:
When you see millions of the mouthless dead
Across your dreams in pale battalions go,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababbabaXXbcbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111000101 0111010101 1111110111 1101011111 1011111111 0011011111 1111111111 1100010001 11001011011100 10100101111000 110101000111 0111111101 0001110111 1111101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 655
- Average number of words per stanza: 119
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nor is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of When You See Millions Of The Mouthless Dead;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Charles Hamilton Sorley
- Analysis of A Letter From The Trenches To A School Friend
- Analysis of Rooks
- Analysis of Barbury Camp