This is an analysis of the poem My Army, O, My Army! that begins with:

My Army, O, my army! The time I dreamed of comes!
I want to see your colours; I want to hear your drums!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbccddd cceee XXccc ffccc bbggg aahhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101110011101 1101110110111 1100111111111 1101011111101 1101110011101 1101110110111 11011101111101 1101010110111 1101010110101 11111100010001 1111010111101 11111101010101 11111101010101 011101000100001 11011101010101 1101010111100 11011101110100 0110010111101 010011010010101 01011101110011 1101110110111 1101110110111 01010100100101 0101110110111 11010101111101 0100110010101 1101110110111 0111110110100 01011100110101 01011111111101 110110110101 0101010111101 1101110111101 011101001111111 11110101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • 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; i, my, army, they, came, her, in, no, and, nor, through are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, my, they, its, it are repeated.

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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