This is an analysis of the poem The Battle Of Blenheim that begins with:
It was a summer evening;
Old Kaspar’s work was done,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcbbb bdXddd eedeef bgXgef ghXhcc dgcgef bededd ddbdEf gbcbEf bbabef Xbgbef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0101010 110111 11010101 110001 11110101 01011100 11010010 110111 11010100 010111 11011111 11111111 11010001 110101 11011101 1001001 11110111 11001100 1100010 11010101 11011101 011101 11010111 01011100 11111101 101011 11010011 010101 11110101 11111101 01010101 110101 11111101 111111 11010111 11010100 11011111 110111 11010001 111101 10011111 11110101 010110101 110111 110010101 111101 11111110 110010100 11010101 100111 11010101 110001 11111110 10010100 110101001 110101 11010101 110100 11110111 01010100 11010101 101101 11010011 110010 11110111 11010100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines found is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word victory at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Battle Of Blenheim;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
