This is an analysis of the poem On The Death Of Lieut. Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby. Killed At The Battle Of Alexandria, In Egypt, Marc that begins with:
From carnag'd fields bedrench'd with gore,
How long must Pity shrink with pain;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ebeb fgfg hchc bibi eXXX eeeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0100110001 11110101 110010101 110100101 11011101 11000011 010010101 110010001 1111011001 11011101 11110101 11110001 10010001 10011101 01000101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01010001 10010101 110100101 1000111001 01010101 11010101 11010001 11111101 01110101 10010101 100010101 11011101 110101001 110100101 11010111 11010101 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; in is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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