This is an analysis of the poem Valour Shields The Brave that begins with:

Hark! - hark! the sound of battle!
Warning thrice, the cannon's rattle!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabaaabccXb X dddb cccbeeXb X dXdbfffbeegb X Xhhbiiibeegb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,4,8,1,12,1,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 10101010 110111010 10101 01010101 11011101 1011111 1100001 11011111 1010101 10101010 110101 1 01101010 1101110 100111010 10101 110101 1010101 110111011 111101 1101111 1011111 10101010 110101 1 01111010 100101110 101101110 10101 0110111 1010111 1011111 110101 11101111 01011111 10101010 110101 1 1100111110 10111110 11101110 10101 010101001 11010101 1111111 1100101 11010101 1010101 10101010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; valour, britons, freedom are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word wha is repeated.

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