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

I'm a beautiful red, red drum,
And I train with the soldier boys;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdEXea ededbebeXeae dddddfdfXaEX gfgfXgXgEXea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100111 11100101 110111 100011 111111 111111 110101 111101 0011111 10110111 11100101 11001011 010111 1010001 11100011 1100111 0110101 100101 101011001 0100101 0110111 111111 110101 101101 111101 110101 101101 111101 100111 1100101 100101 1100111 1111100 1110101 0011111 10110111 10101 010101 1100101 1101111 1101101 0010101 1101001 110111 0011111 1110111 11100101 101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

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  • summary of The Drum;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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