This is an analysis of the poem Marching Song (Chal Chal Chal) that begins with:
By a drum beat to a heavenly height
from earth beneath and soil's blight...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbaacccaddXdaa dddaeeea fffXaabaa X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,14,8,9,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011001001 0101111 110011 1111 11101001 101111001 100101001 1100101 010010101 010111010 11011101 001101 10111 0100111 1110110 010101 1111 111111 110100101 0101011001 010001001001 1001001 10110101001 11110101 0100110111 10111 110101010 11101 11010111 1101111 110101 110101 00110101 010111 1111 010011101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, chal are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word right at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Marching Song (Chal Chal Chal);
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