This is an analysis of the poem Ford O' Kabul River that begins with:
Kabul town's by Kabul river --
Blow the bugle, draw the sword --... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBACXC dBdBACXC eBebACXC cBcbACXC fBfbACac gBgbACXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 1010101 11111110 1110101 11111010 111010001 1010111011101010 10111010001 1010101 1010101 1110111 1110101 11111010 111010001 101010111101011 10111010001 1010111 1010101 1110101 1010101 11111010 111010001 1110101011101010 10111010001 1011101 1010101 1110111 1111101 11111010 111010001 011101111101011 10111010001 101101 1010101 1111111 1010101 11111010 111010001 11001101111010 10111010001 1110101 1010101 1111101 1110101 11111010 111010001 1010111010111110 10111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ford, river, kabul, o' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ford is repeated.
The author used the same word kabul at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word dark at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases ford, down connect the lines.
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