This is an analysis of the poem The March that begins with:

In early, prehistoric days, before the reign of Man,
When neolithic Nature fashioned things upon a plan... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cXaa cXdd eecX ffXd ggdX hhdd aaii fXcc bbXX XXcX jjdd dXff ffcXXbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010101010101 1100101010101 111101101010101 101010101110001 10100111010101 1010101000010100 101011100110011 11111101111101 101010100010101 11000101010101 110111001011101 11010101110101 11011110101001 11010100010101 11110111110111 01111100101111 11110101110101 1101110011001 101010100011101 111010100010011 101011011100111 11011100010101 110110100110111 1010100110111000 101010101110101 11110101010101 101010101010100 111110100110111 1100110011101 101010101011111 101110100110101 111010101010101 11010111010101 11011111110111 111001111010111 110101000111101 11010111011101 101110011010001 11101011101011 010001010100100 111000101011001 11010111110111 111111011010101 11011111011111 101110101110101 11011101010111 111110110000100 101011101001111 001111001110101 110110000111000 11000101000101 111101010100001 01110110111101 11010111110111 01010011110111 11011111011111 11010101110111 11010101111101 11011111010101 11010100110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, he, like, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word while is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The March;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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