My Hunting Song by Charles Kingsley: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem My Hunting Song that begins with:

Forward! Hark forward's the cry!
One more fence and we're out on the open,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdddb abccccb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1011001 1111111010 101110110111 100100101111 101100100101 101101111101 1011001 1011101 10110010010 110110011011 100101101101 111111101101 110101111101 1011001 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, us, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word alone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of My Hunting Song;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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