This is an analysis of the poem O, How Your Heroism Inspired Me that begins with:

O, how your heroism inspired me
To gladly pledge my youth, only to find...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bc Xb cc cc cXd Xc ab bX Xe ba dX XXc be X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110100101 0101111001 11110100111 1110010001011 01101010101 11110101 0101011 10100111100 1110011101 1101010011 1111010111 101001011 011111 0100101011 11011011101 01110011101 11110101011001 1010010111 010010111001 11110111010 101010011010 10110010101 111010101001 110111010001 11111010101 11101110101 1101101100110 1111100101 101111010 111100111101 1010001100001101 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, of are repeated.

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