This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of The Sandbags that begins with:
No, Bill, I'm not a-spooning out no patriotic tosh
(The cove be'ind the sandbags ain't a death-or-glory cuss)....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc deaXXXdfXf bfbfgXgh dijiXihcdc gXggcece dkjkkkdabXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,8,10,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101110101 01100111011101 111100011110101 11110101011101 111111011111111 110111111010111 101100001101101 10110111111111 01010011 0100111 1000010 100101 1111 110101 01001011 11101011 1111110101 11101001 11010111010011 11010001110101 11110111101101 00110101110011 00110101111001 00111101111011 00111101110111 11010110010101 10010011 00101001 101100111 100101 1111 110101 10011011 1001001 1110111011 1101111 11110101010011 0100111000111110 10010111110101 111101001110001 11010111111101 11011111101111 11100101011101 11110111010001 1010011 100111 10011001 100101 1111 100101 1011011 0011101 11111111 011100100 1010101100 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; i, and, as, if, we, them, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, if are repeated.
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- summary of A Song Of The Sandbags;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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