This is an analysis of the poem The Conquerors that begins with:
THE BLACK TROOPS IN CUBA
Round the wide earth, from the red field your valour has won,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabaab ccdccd eefeef ggcggc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011010 1011001111011 1001001101 101 1011101011011 11010101101 011 1111011001001 1001001011 001 10111101101101 1011101001 101 1101000101111 1111011011 101 1101001101001 1111001001 111 1101001001011 1111011111 111 1110011101001 1001100111 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Conquerors;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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