This is an analysis of the poem Clancy Of The Mounted Police that begins with:

In the little Crimson Manual it's written plain and clear
That who would wear the scarlet coat shall say good-bye to fear;...

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: aabXccXXddeeffggXh ffff ibib bfbX jiji ikik dfdX alal aaaX mfmf iiii fifX fefe knanXfkkX ciciopop qgqg ajaj gjgX cpfp dfdf hehe bjbX eeee ejej hhjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001010100010111 11110101110101 100100001011001 00101010011111100 11011101111101 11010110110111 010101110101001 0101010110100010 111101000110101 11110001011111 111100101111111 11110100111101 10010100100011 01000101010001 11010001110001 100100101100001 11011111101110100 100101110101001 1011010110101 1011010100101 1001110100101111 1010011101001001 10010010111001 10110010100101 10010110101101 111101001111001001 11110101011101 100000101001001 100110111001001 10110110101001000 1101110111001 1001010111101 10110101001101 00011101001101 0100101101001001 101011000110101 1011010111011 011011100101001 01001110101101 110010101101001 1101001000110001 111001001010100100 1101001011110101 111011111001010 010011100110111 11011011010110110 1011110010111110101 11111101011010101 11111101011110111 11101111110011101000 111111010111010111 1101111110101001 10110010110101 1001110100101 10110010101101100 110111101110111 1111011110101 11101111111011 100110110101011 1011011101101 0110110101101 100111101011010 101101010101001 110110101001011 101101100111011 010110011100101 1011110111 10111010 1111100101 11101010 011100101 0100101 111110111 1011100111 01001010 11010100100101 11010100100101 11010100101001 1101011100111 1001011110001 10010010111001 1001010100111 11001011100101 1001010100101 111011001100101 1011110100000001 1011001000101101 11011011111101 01101110111101 101101111011001 1001010111001 01110010111001 01001110111111 1110010100111 101111101010010 1001010101001 010010100100111 1111011111011 11001111100101 10011101011101 1100111001101011 1011010101100101 111110100100111 111101001001001 1010011110111 1101010101111 10010101001001 1011101101111011 10101101110111101 1011101010110101 1110010101101010 1101111101101011 0110101000110111 011110101010101 110011101100101 1101001010111001 10111101011110110 1101101010110110 111110101100101 1011100111100101 11110011011111101 0101101100011110 1111001111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 123
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; duty, and, so, their, they, of, through, he, i, i'll, as, him, my, his, ever, its, with, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, seymour, a, day, on, night, cold, the, ever, till, his are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Clancy Of The Mounted Police;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Robert William Service