This is an analysis of the poem To Canaan that begins with:
A PURITAN WAR SONG
WHERE are you going, soldiers,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcdcbeXeDFbf XgXghdXdDFbf bbXbXbibDFdf aaiaDcDcDFbfXchihidbdDFbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,12,12,25,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011 1111010 010111 11101010 010101 1101110 010101 0101010 010101 010010 011111 01010101 010001 1100110 010111 011100101 011101 01001010 010101 11110001 111101 010010 011111 010101010 010001 1100110 110111 1101010 010101 1111010 1111101 1100110 110111 010010 011111 010101001 010001 1100110 011101 110101010 110101 010010 011101 010010 010101 010010 011111 01010101 010001 1101110 110111 1101010 010101 1101010 1110101 1101010 110111 010010 011111 01010101 011001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; to, canaan 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 what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word north at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of To Canaan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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