This is an analysis of the poem Never Or Now that begins with:
AN APPEAL
LISTEN, young heroes! your country is calling!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede baXa cfcf fefe fgXg bhbh dcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 10110110010 11010101101 11011110110 1101111011 11010111010 1101110011 11110010010 1111001101 11110110110 1111011001 10110010110 1101001101 10011110011 11001011011 10111110111 1011111111 10111010010 1101101111 100110100010 1011101001 10111011010 1011001001 10111011010 10011101001 00111110110 10011001011 00111110110 1001101101 00111110110 1011101011 101101111100 1011011011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; you, not, for, never, now, or, where are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word never is repeated.
The author used the same words never, from at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Never Or Now;
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