This is an analysis of the poem The Parting of the Column that begins with:
We've rode and fought and ate and drunk as rations come to hand,
Together for a year and more around this stinkin' land:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbb dXbB bbbB eeXb ddbb ccXb ffbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11111111110101 01010111010101 11110101111101 11011111010101 11110101111101 11110111110111 11011101110101 11010001010101 10011101110111 01110111011111 01111111111111 01110111010101 11110101110111 11010100010100 11011100010101 01111101010101 1110011110111 11111111111111 11010111111001 01111101010101 110101010010101 11001100110101 01111111111101 11010101010101 11111111111101 11110101010011 11110111111111 11111111010101 11010101011001 11011101110111 110111101110100 11010101010101 01111110111111 11011101110101 01110100111101 01110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; and, we, you, to, old, same, an', your, we've, by, good are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, we've are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word you 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 word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of The Parting of the Column;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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