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

Last night I saw an armèd band, whose feet
Did take the martial step, although they trod... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcbabXddbdXXXXe eX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111111 0101011111 1011010101 1001010101 0111101111 1100110101 0111010111 1111110111 1111110111 1111110101 1111111101 0110110111 1101111101 10110010101 1101001100 1011111111 1101111101 1111110100 0111100100 1111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 439
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thy are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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

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

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