This is an analysis of the poem The Camp Within The West that begins with:

O DID you see a troop go by
Way-weary and oppressed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBXb XBcb adbd aebe Xbab XbXb Xbdb cccc dbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 110101 11010101 1011001 11110111 110101 11110101 110001 10111110 110101 10110111 111111 11011110 11111001 01111101 110011 01110101 110101 11110101 110001 10111111 010101 10110011 110001 11110111 1111001 00010101 110101 11111001 110111 01010111 111111 11110111 111101 01110101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 226
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; pale, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of The Camp Within The West;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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