This is an analysis of the poem Nec Aspera Terrent that begins with:
Hark, the bugles call us out!
Hark, the chargers restless neigh!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXb ccXc dede abcb beXe Xfef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1011111 1010101 1011101 1011101 1110101 10111001 111101 1010111 0110111 1010101 11111001 1011101 1011100 1010001 1111101 1111011 1010100 1011101 11100101 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hark, who, and, think are repeated.
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