This is an analysis of the poem The Call that begins with:
Hark! 'tis the rush of the horses,
The crash of the galloping gun!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdadaeedXdXff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010010 01001001 01110110 01001110 1011011 1101001 11011010 1011011 110011010 1101101 11001001 1101001 11111010 1101001 11011010 1011111 1111101 1111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 581
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; of, not, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, leap, thou, fight are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Call;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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