This is an analysis of the poem Saxon War-Song that begins with:
Whet the bright steel,
Sons of the White Dragon!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcdeeXXbX afddXgXXhd adcfheXcXd IcghaIbjdbehfjeji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,10,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 100110 1001 10010 0110110100010 001111010 0111001010 011101010 1010101 101100010 10110010 100110010 011011001010 0101111010 1111000101 110001 010011011 010100101 11110100110 11111011 1001011011 100101 110100101010 011101 111011010010 001001011011010 1010100100 11101010 11110 10010010 0100010111010 110101011011001 1110 0110010 011001101 10100010010 10110100010 1110 0101001 01010011 1110111001 1111111 110010010 10100101 101111101 111011011 11011110 1101101 110110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 456
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, many are repeated.
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- summary of Saxon War-Song;
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