The Grand Cortège Of Glory And Youth Is Gone by Christopher John Brennan: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Grand Cortège Of Glory And Youth Is Gone that begins with:

The grand cortège of glory and youth is gone
flaunt standards, and the flood of brazen tone: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaaabcaacdbbdbbeefbgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110101101 1101010101 1011000101 1101001101 10011110101 11110101001 11111110111 1101101101 1101010101 01111000101 1101011101 10101110011 10101110101 1011010101 1001110111 1001101101 1101110101 1001010101 1011111101 1001010001001 1111011101 01000010101 1100010101 110010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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