This is an analysis of the poem The Conqueror that begins with:

Not the Prussian, the forsworn,
By whose fury overborne,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXcXcddeeffXaXabXddccXgdgddcchhXdXddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010011 1110100 101011 101100 1111111 1010101 0110101 1010101 1011111 0011101 1011101 100101 1110011 101001 1110111 1011101 1010100 0010101 101110 101100 1111111 10010111 00100101 1110111 11110111 1010011 1111101 1011101 10101011 1001001 1110101 110000 1110111 1011101 1010111 11100101 1111000 1010101 0110101 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 208
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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