This is an analysis of the poem Victory that begins with:

Roland is dead, Cuchulain's crest is low,
The battered war-rear wastes and turns to rust,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe dccd bbbbXffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001100101 0101111101 1101110111 1101010101 011001111 111110111 1101010111 1101110101 0101110101 1111010101 1101011101 0100110011 1101111101 01010101001 1101011101 0100110101 10010101001 0100011111 1001010101 1111010111 1101110101 11010011001 1001010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, our, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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