This is an analysis of the poem Forward that begins with:
What though Freedom’s hosts are parted,
Yet, beneath one banner fighting,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXc XbXbc dbdbe fghge fXfci ajaji icXicc fbfbc fXfdk ejejk Xbebl fXhel
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,6,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101110 10111010 10111000 11101110 001011101010101 11100100 01101100 11101110 00101010 101010101011101 101001110 11111010 101010010 01101010 101011101010011 10111110 11101110 1111011 00101110 11010100011111 10111010 10101000 111001010 10110010 101111101010101 10100010 10111010 00101010 10101010 111010101010011 10101001 11101110 11 10101011 1010010010 101010101010101 10111010 11101010 10101010 101010010 101000100011101 10111110 10101000 11101010 10101010 1110101010100101 10111110 11101010 100101010 11101010 101010101010101 10101010 00100010 111010011 1111110 101010101010001 10101110 10101110 0011101 01101010 101010101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Forward;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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