This is an analysis of the poem Our Captain's Last Words that begins with:
Where the foremost flag was flying,
Pierce'd by manny a shot and shell,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXXXX dedecXcXXXX afafcgXGXXG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111110 101100111 10101010 1110101 101101010 10101110 111010110 10101010 1000 1010 100101010 1010111 1010101 10101011 1011101 101110110 1110101 11011010 11111010 1000 1001 101111010 11011010 1010101 11101010 1010111 10110010 1010101 1000101000 1010101 1000 10001 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 354
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; mother is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word mother is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mother is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mother connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Our Captain's Last Words;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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