This is an analysis of the poem Trafalgar Day that begins with:
He leads: we hear our Seaman's call
In the roll of battles won;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAB cdcdefef dXdbgbgb hihi ijij XkXkdldlXABAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,4,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111101 0010101 11010100 110001 11011001 11011011 11101101 11110101 01010101 010100111 11010101 01010101 11010101 11111101 01010011 01010101 11010101 11010101 010100111 11111111 01010101 01010101 11001101 11010101 010010101 11011111 01010101 101101001 10010101 11110101 01010100 01010001 11010101 011101001 01111111 11001101 11111101 0010101 11010100 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words again, then are repeated.
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- summary of Trafalgar Day;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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