This is an analysis of the poem The Last Charge that begins with:
Now, men of the North! will you join in the strife
For country, for freedom, for honor, for life?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eecc ffff gghhXhhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11001011001 11011011011 01011001011 11101001001 11001011001 11101011011 11011011001 101101101001 11011011001 11101001101 11101001101 11101101101 11011011011 11001101101 01011001001 01101011001 010011101011 01101011001 11001011001 110110101011 01001111011 101001001001 11011001001 01011001011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; for, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Last Charge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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