This is an analysis of the poem The Art Of War. Book Iii. that begins with:
Your footsteps now the arsenals have trod
Where lie the treasures of the warrior God;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbb aacc aaaaddcc aaccaaaaaacceeffeegg ddaadd ggddffXa ccaa hhddddedddhhiiccaa jjaaddhh eeddcc bbkkccffhhaacc aaee aaddbXdd ffccaahh aahheehhaaaa ccllcchhgg ccddaallaaddffddjjddcc cchhaacc jjdddXggeeaa aakkcclfhhcchhddffffggeeaaaaaallhhjjffcc aaiifXaaj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,8,20,6,8,4,18,8,6,14,4,8,8,12,10,22,8,12,40,10,27,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111010011 11010001001 1101010101 1010010101 0101010111 1101010101 1001010101 1101010101 1011110101 1101110101 11010011101 1011010101 1101010101 10001010101 01010101001 01010010001 1001010101 11001110101 1101010101 10110101001 0111110111 1011010101 1011010101 1011111101 0101010101 10110100101 1111011001 0101110001 1111010101 0111010110 11001010101 11001010101 011011101 01010100101 1101010101 0101010101 0111000101 1111010101 1101110111 010010100101 01010100101 100101001001 11010010101 0101010101 0100010101 100010101001 0101110101 1101001101 11001100101 1101010101 1101110101 1101111101 011001101 1011010101 10010111001 10010011101 1001010101 10110010101 1101010101 0101010101 1101010101 1101010101 10110011101 1111010101 1101011001 1101010101 0101001101 10110110001 1101010101 1110010101 01111101001 1100100101 0101011101 11110101001 0101010101 1111010101 110011101001 11010101001 0101111001 110100100101 1101010101 1111011001 10111100101 1100010101 0111010111 1101010101 0011011101 1101010111 11110111001 10110010101 0101110101 0111011101 100110101 110001101 10010101001 0101010011 101110101 1101010101 10011100101 1101010101 01001010101 10010010110 1001011101 01110100101 01001010101 0101111001 11010100101 1101010101 10001010101 0101010100 0111110101 10010100111 0101000101 1101010001 1111010001 01011100101 11010100101 0101110101 1011011001 01001100101 0101110101 110110000101 1101110111 010101001001 1001010101 1001010101 01010010111 11010010001 1111010101 0101010101 1011010101 10011100101 10110100101 1101010101 1011001001 01010101001 001010101010 0101001001010 0101011111 1001110101 1101010101 1101010001 0101010101 0110011101 01010010101 1011011101 1110010101 0110010101 0111010101 1101110101 0100111001010 01010101010 1101011101 0101001101 0101000101 11110001001 0101110101 11001010101 010011101001 10010010101 11010101001 0111110101 11110100101 1111010101 0101011001001 110011111 0101010101 11010100101 001010100101 1001010101 01010101101 11110100101 0101101101 1100010101 1110010101 11001010101 1111010101 01001011001 0101010111 1101010100 1111010101 11001010101 1101010101 10111101001 10010010101 01011101001 01001001001 0101001101 01110101001 1111011111 1111010101 1111110101 1100100110010 0101010101 0101001101 01001011101 1001010001 11001011101 11010101001 10111111101 0101010101 0101010101 10010100101 0101010101 11011110101 10110010101 01010010101 11110011001 0101010101 1101011001 100010001001 1001010101 1101100101 001010101001 01000100101 110101001001 110100001010 0100101010010 10010100101 11011101001 1100010101 1101010101 1101011101 1111110101 10010100011 1101010101 1111110101 0101011101 0101010111 1101010001 0101000101 01010101110 11100110111 0101011101 0100010101 11010101001 0101010101 00010011101 1101010111 11001110101 11001010111 1101100001 1100010101 1111011111 1001011101 0111011111 101010011110 0101010101 1101110101 10111001001 1111010101 1111000101 0101011101 0101110101 1101110101 1101110101 1101110101 11001010101 1101000101 00101010101 1101010101 1100110001
- Amount of stanzas: 23
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 262
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, from, and, by, her, his, thy, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, her are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Art Of War. Book Iii.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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