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

I hear an Army!
Millions of men coming up from the edge of the world,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbXcde dfbebfc XbXcXebA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110 1001101001001 010100011010110 111110101001 1001001001101 100110111001 001101011101 10010011001 110011110101 1101011010001 1111100101 10110101001 10011111101 1111110101111 100100001101 10011100101 00010011001 10010101101 1111100101001 11001111011 10110100101 0010100101001 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, her, men, from, one, they are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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