This is an analysis of the poem The Fall Of Richmond that begins with:
Roll not a drum—send not a clarion note
Of haughty triumph to the silent sky!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcdcaeaefgfg Xhahijbjjdjdkbkbjjjjijbj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,24,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101001 0101000101 1001010101 1101010101 1011111100 11010100111 10110111010 111101 1101110011 1101111101 1100111001 110101 1011010111 1011011101 11111101001 111111 1111110101 11110111010 1111111111 01110011010 1011011100 1101011101 1011010011 1011111111 1101111111 1001110011 1111011001 011111 1111010001 1111110011 1111001001 111101 1101100100 1111010011 1101011101 110111 11010010100 1111010101 1011111100 0101101101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 827
- Average number of words per stanza: 154
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; of, we, own, our, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words these, and, not are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dying connects the lines.
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- summary of The Fall Of Richmond;
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