This is an analysis of the poem The Volunteer that begins with:
Sez I: My Country calls? Well, let it call.
I grins perlitely and declines wiv thanks....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXaX efefghghaX XXXciXidaX eieibdbdjjkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011101 11100010111 11010100101 10111010001 0101001101 01001011011 1101010001 010001100 11110111 11011101 1111011111 11100010111 1111010101 1111011001 1101011111 0011011011 1101110001 1111010101 11110111 11011101 1101110101 1101010101 110111101010 1101000101 1111010101 0111111111 0111010011 0111100101 11010101 11011101 1101010101 0111011101 1100111101 1100111101 1111010001 1101010001 0101011111 0101000111 01111011 11110111 11011101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, wot, 'em, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words them, and, i've are repeated.
The author used the same word sez at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word 'ell at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Volunteer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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