This is an analysis of the poem Johannes Ewald’s Last Poetic Sentiments Some Hours Prior To His Death that begins with:
To arms, hero of Calvary!
Lift high your bright-red shield;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XbXb cbcb XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100100 111111 11111111 111111 01011101 111101 10011111 110111 10111101 110101 11110101 101011 11110110 1011011 11100111 1111011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
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