This is an analysis of the poem Fuentes D'Onor that begins with:

Squadron on squadron came galloping on,
Furiously charging, and sweeping the field,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaaaa cdcdefef cgcgafafXbfbfefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011001 10001011001 01011101001 11111111111 1101101001 1101111001 1011101101 11001001001 1011010001 1101011101 1011001101 1101101001 10011110010 1101011001 010110111110 11100101001 01101101011 01001101101 001101011011 1001101011 1101101011 1001101001 1011011001 1001001001 1001011001 01101101001 1101001001 1101101011 10111110010 1011001001 11010111010 1100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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, but, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words none, a, theirs are repeated.

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