This is an analysis of the poem Onward that begins with:
Have the blasts of sorrow worn thee,
Have the rocks of danger torn thee, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccBDbeefccBDb eefccBDb ggXccBDb ddXccBDb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011 10101011 11101110 1110101 1011101 1111 10101010 10 11111010 11111010 11111011 0110101 1010101 1111 10101010 10 11101010 11101010 11111011 1010101 1011101 1111 10101010 10 11101111 11101111 11101110 1011101 1011101 1111 10101010 10 00100010 100010110 101010100 0110101 11110101 1111 10101010 10
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 336
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of, for, thou, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words have, hast are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee, for are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word onward at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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