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

UPON the iron crags of War I heard his terrible daughters
In battle speak while at their feet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddXacacceceeXXbXbfgfggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010111010010 01011111 0101010 01010101010101 10110111 110101 11010100 111111 101101 110101 110101010101110 10110101 0101010 11001101010101 10110111 110101 11110111 101101 101101 110101 010101011101110 01010111 1101100 11111001010101 11110101 111111 11010111 111001 101101 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 215
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; in, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the, and are repeated.

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