This is an analysis of the poem Cavalcade Of Scars that begins with:
It shouldn't take a parading,
Of a cavalcade of scars......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbXa cbdddb eacaabXea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010010 0010101 001101010 001001 11010010 011101101 001000101 0010000110100 1011100101 0110100011000 1111011001 0011100010100 01010110 1100110110 111010010 010100010100111 0100110 10101 10101010010 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Cavalcade Of Scars;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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