This is an analysis of the poem The Dons Of Spain that begins with:
The Eagle screams at the beck of trade, so Spain, as the world goes round,
Must wrestle the right to live or die from the sons of the land she... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb bbbb bbbb ddbbXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101101011110111 11001011100100111 110011010110110101 010010011100100101 111010010111010111 110101101110101 0111101011011101 1111011111010111 11001001011111111 11010010111100101 0101011111101111 01101101011010111 01001101011100101 01001101011110110 1001111010100101 1101001111010111 0101101011110111 11011001001100111 11111111111011101 1010010111111100111 11001001011100111 101001001111110111 1101101010010101 101001101011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 76 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, we, their, fought, in, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, if are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word spain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Dons Of Spain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
