This is an analysis of the poem War-Music that begins with:
Break off! Dance no more!
Danger is at the door.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cdcd effggeeeaag eebbfhhfccf abXbbiiddbXbXhhjjkkefef llecce elelllmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,11,11,23,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 100101 10001 010101 10101010 1001 111101010 1010 111 1111001 11101101 0010010100 111 100101 101001 101101 1101011 1101111 101111 10110101 1101 1110101 1000101 101110101 1110101 1010101 10111001 110101 011101 10100010111 011 00101 1011 00101 01001 01010 101010 0101010 00100010 101 0011111 1010101 1010101 101 001 10110001 1111001 1100101 101011 11 11 01001 01000111 110101 110111 11011100101 110001 111101 1101101101 11111001001 0010011110010 111101101011 111111011010 101101111001 001001101001 101001011001 1001001101001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; calling, men, free, tramp, time, rattle, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words men, free, all, call, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines for, through are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases men, free connect the lines.
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- summary of War-Music;
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