This is an analysis of the poem War Song that begins with:

Sing a song o' Hempire
Mother's took a fit,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababcac bdbdaaXabXXcaeXX XfXfXfXf XgXgXXXc XhXhaibi jfkfXaXa agXgdljl fakaXhXh XXXaXege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 10101 1010101 110100 101011 10101 1011101 10101 01100101 1101010 01011101 1101010 010101001 010101 111100 0011101 101111 10110 101110 110111 101010 10101 101010 10100101 101110 10101 1010101 110111 101010 10101 11010101 010101 1010101 00111 101010 001001 101010 110100 01001110 10101 0110101 011101 11010101 00101 0101010 10101 1110101 11101 1101010 010111 11110101 011111 100011 10111 1111111 11001 1011101 10101 11001100 0110101 101010 11101 101010 011101 111001 10011 01011111 110101 111010 11101 1101010 011001 101110 111111 0010111 110101 1111000 10101 11110010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of War Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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