This is an analysis of the poem March that begins with:

Shall Thor with his hammer
Beat on the mountain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abca bXaa Xddc beXX fadg dcdd hXdb bXff edCd bABd dggg afhX acai BXdb dbda XXXb ddXa Caaa eaddXbAdi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 11010 11110 010110 10110 11110 11010 111010 110100 10110 00110 111010 11010 011010 11011 1010111 11011 11110 11110 11110 11110 10110 111010 011010 111110 101100 10111 10110 110111 111010 11011 010011 101010 010010 100100 10010 10010 010110 10010 110011 1111110 10111 10111 111100 01010 110111 111110 01100100 110110 111110 010010 110010 10010 0010010 010010 10010 111010 110110 111010 111110 110110 111010 0010010 11010 1110010 110010 011110 111110 100100 10110 10110 10110 101010 10010 010010 110011 110010 010110 010011 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she, them, in, march are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words smitten, shall, march, its are repeated.

    The author used the same words shall, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word fetter at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase flowers connects the lines.

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  • summary of March;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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