This is an analysis of the poem The Army Of The Rear that begins with:
I listened through the music and the sounds of revelry,
And all the hollow noises of that year of Jubilee;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaBaaccXaBaa ddaaBaa eeaaBaa ccaaBaa eeaaBaa ffaaBaa ggaaBaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101010100 11010100110101 11010101010101 01010101010001 111 110101 11010110011001 11010100010111 1111010111001 1101010110111 11010100110101 111 100001 11011110010001 11011101110111 01001101110101 01010100110101 01000101110101 111 01101 11011110010001 11010100110011 11011101110111 111101000100101 11110100011001 111 111111 11011100010001 11010101010101 1111101111101 111101001110101 11010100010001 111 110111 11010100010001 110110101111001 0100111011101111 11111101111101 11010101110101 111 011101 11110100010001 11110101111011 1110010010011 01111101110101 101000100010001 111 1010001 101000100010001 01011111110111 11110111111111 110111011011101 101100110010001 111 110111 101000110010001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; of, and, tramp, i, that, their, we, our, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, there are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word rear at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Army Of The Rear;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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