This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Saul Before His Last Battle that begins with:
Warriors and chiefs! should the shaft or the sword
Pierce me in leading the host of the Lord, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10011101101 1101001001 1101101011 1011001001 11110110011 101001101001 1111001111 1001111101 1101011011 1011001011 1001011001 11001101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; in, to are repeated.
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