This is an analysis of the poem The Iron Cross that begins with:
THEY pass, with heavy eyes and hair,
Before the Christ upon the Cross,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBbAcbbcdbbdebbebbbbfbbfgbbgXBbXaBbXaBbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 01010101 01010011 11010001 10011101 11010101 01010101 11111101 00010111 11010101 11110111 11011111 01111101 11010101 01110101 11010111 01010101 01111001 01011111 11111101 11011101 10111101 01111111 11011111 11111001 11101101 01111111 11011111 11110111 11110101 11111011 11110110 11111101 11110101 01011101 01010111 11010111 01010101 01010011 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1424
- Average number of words per stanza: 272
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, his, and, to, me, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, his, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Iron Cross;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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