This is an analysis of the poem Omdurman that begins with:
September 9, 1898
Glory for these glad tidings, far and near,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abaaB cbccB bbbbb abXaB dbddB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011 1011110111 1101010101 1001011011 1101010101 010101 10011101001 11110100101 0011001101 1101110101 010101 1001110101 11110101 1011011101 1111001111 011101 0111011101 011111101 11110010010 1001011101 010101 1101110101 1101010101 1101110111 1001011111 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, once are repeated.
The author used the same word glory at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word slain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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