This is an analysis of the poem The Assault that begins with:
The beating of the guns grows louder.
'Not long, boys, now.'... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabacacdcaadaeefgXghgXhggiccc c h jj hXhjh aahkkikki lmllmmminangXni Xknogfoffikiidd i ihXh l p liXpi fnnhXfhXfppfbXcidXXcllkdkXn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,1,1,2,5,9,15,15,1,4,1,1,5,27,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010001110 1111 1111010010 1011 11010110 101010110 11110 111001110 10110101 110110 11101110 1111010 01011 101001111010 1010101 1011001011 11100101 10000101111 011111 1111 0010101 11 110111 10101 101101 1011011101 11100101 0011100 1010100 100101110 1010 1111110111 110101 11110001 0101 1100 11111 01010010001 101 111110110 1110110 01110000 1111 11001 1101 1001 1101101001 0111 100101 1011 101101 111 0101110101 00111 011 0111 111111011 01101010 1111101010111 110101 1100 1100101 11111111 01111101100 11 010111 11 011111 11 0111 0101110101 0101 10011000101 11111 1101 11100011 110111 1101010111 11 1011111 011 1010 000111 1101 11 111101 0111 11111 10101 100101 0111 1011 110001111 01 11 1 11111 1011 101101 01011001 0100110001 110101 111 10100100011 101100110 110101 1011 01110 11111 111111010 010101 11 111 1010 010 110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 116
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; and, pound are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase rage connects the lines.
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- summary of The Assault;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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