This is an analysis of the poem The Headless Trooper that begins with:
“No; not another step, for all
The troopers out of hell!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aababa cadaea fgagdg gdhdid gejeek Xahaaa bele ae bbmbnb efgfnf hfbflf iafana bcicXc hgagfg fhgho l blhlgl cpoXhpap fflXqf jrgrfr fhnhlh jlflpl hfrf lf pbcbfb pfrfXf fhfhlh qcXcgc bhbhlh pfofbflf rfe fgf egeggg XphpXp lfhfff bifipi mpcpbp bfafdf dfaf cf b
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,4,2,6,6,6,6,6,6,5,1,6,8,6,6,6,6,4,2,6,6,6,6,6,8,3,3,6,6,6,6,6,6,4,2,6,6,6,6,6,6,5,1,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 010101 11010101 010111 01110101 010101 11100101 111111 01011101 10001 11110101 100101 11110111 110101 11010101 110001 11111001 110101 11010101 110001 01010111 010101 11010001 110101 11010101 0100111 11110110 111110 11111111 111100 11111101 110111 11011100 111101 11010111 010101 01110101 110111 1111011 1010001 11111101 011101 11011111 110001 01010101 010101 11011101 110111 01010101 010101 00010101 011101 11010101 110111 11000111 010101 01011101 010101 111101001 111101 11110101 111101 10110101 110101 11010101 111111 11111101 110111 11010111 010101 11010100 0010101 01011101 110101 1100011 100001 11101101 010001 11010101 011101 11010111 010101 11010001 110101 01010101 100101 101010101 011101 1101010 0110001 01110111 010101 01000101 111101 11011101 010101 11111101 011101 01011101 010101 01010001 100100 11011101 010001 1111010 10101001 1100110 1111101 11111010 1110101 10101010 1001101 11010100 110001 11110100 110001 11001010 0010101 11111111 110101 11111101 110101 01010101 110101 11111101 111111 11110101 110111 11111101 111111 11011111 110101 11111111 111111 11111101 011101 00110101 111101 11011100 010101 11010001 0100111 11011101 110111 11111101 010101 01011101 110101 11011100 111001 11010101 100101 01010101 110101 11000101 110101 11110111 110111 11110101 110101 11110101 111111 1111010 1110101 010100001 110101 01010101 0101001 01010111 111111 11111001 100101 11010111 010101 11011101 111111 11110101 110101 11011100 011111 11111011 010111 01111100 111111 01010101 010101 01010101 111101 11111101 110101 11110111 1110001 11000011 011101 11010101 010101 11010011 010111 111010001 111101 11111011 111101 11001111 1100011 11000100 1110101 11010101 111101 11010101 101111 11000101 010111 11110101 111100 10110101 110001 110100111 010001 011000111 010101 11010111 111101 11010111 010101 01101111 011101 1010101111 110101 11011101 110111 110010101 011101 01110001 100101 11011001 010101 01010101 111111 11000101 1001001 11111110 111111 11010101 011101 01010101 011110 110101001 110011 11010100 111101 01111101 100101 11010100 110111 01000101 111001 11111011 011101 11010100 011101 01000101 010101 11111101 110101 11111101 111111 11110101 110101 11110111 111111 11010101 010101 11110101 011000
- Amount of stanzas: 51
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 274
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, to, my, as, of, pipe are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, the, i, why, 'tis, fain, as, and, till are repeated.
The author used the same words and, i, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ground is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Headless Trooper;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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