This is an analysis of the poem Hope The Hornblower that begins with:

'Hark ye, hark to the winding horn;
Sluggards, awake, and front the morn!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; hark, ride, we, huntsman, ye are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words follow, is are repeated.

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