This is an analysis of the poem Again The Clash Is East that begins with:

Again the clash is East, the Gates are barred.
The rolling echoes of of Troy arise...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab aaaaccdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0101010111 0101000101 0101010111 0101111101 01110110101 0101010101 0111110001 1100010101 0111010101 1101000101 0101011111 0101110101 0101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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