This is an analysis of the poem The Battle Of Lexington that begins with:
Now haste thee while the way is clear,
Paul Revere! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaX bbddcceedd aaffeg bbhhbbbb ffegiXii Jjkkll JjkkddaX ffbbiiiibbiiaaccaaii Xeeffkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,10,6,8,8,6,8,20,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 101 11111111 0100 11011101 11110001 110110101 1101010010 11011111 11011111 11111111 01011101 11110101 11111101 11011100 11011101 110111001 100100111 11110101 11010101 11010011 11010101 11011101 10011100 11010101 11010111 01110101 10010101 11010101 11011101 01010101 1100 01010111 010111001 11111101 01011100 110010101 010101100 111100111 100101001 11010111 01111111 10010101 111111001 0100111001 11110101 11010111 010011111 10010101 11110101 0101001001 11010101 11111101 10 0111001001 010010101 10111111 11011111 11011111 11010101 10111111 101110101 110010101 10110111 111100111 11011101 1110100111 11110101 0100101111 1110110111 11100100111 1011110111 11111101 100110111 11111111 11011101 110011111 1010010111 110011111 1110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; haste, and, he, his, hath, ye are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, let, say, the, seven, he are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Battle Of Lexington;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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