This is an analysis of the poem The Battle Of Naseby that begins with:
Oh! wherefore come ye forth, in triumph from the North,
With your hands, and your feet, and your raiment all red? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba baXa ccdc abbb dcec efgf cbbb aded aded cdgd ahgh beee cieiXeada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100111010001 011111111011 1100111110101 110010011111 110101110101 1101010010111 11101010010101 1100110110101 01010100100101 1111101111001 10101110011001 11011101110001 10100010010101 01001011011001 10100111110001 0101010010101 111010010101 0101010011101 11101101101 1101010110001 01001010010101 0100100110011 1110111111111 1101011010101 1111111110111 1101010110101 111111110101 1101011110001 1101010101101 1111010010111 11011111111111 1101001110001 110101011101 1101110011101 111111111101 1101110111111 1111001111101 110101011101 11011101110110 0100010010001 11101011110111 1111101011001 10101010010001 110101010101 10111111101111 1010110110011 101101110111 1111110110111 1111010010101 00100011010001 10101011010101 010010010010101 1100101110101 1101111010101 1010101110111 10101111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; your, and, of, for, his, on, he, to, down are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, for, your are repeated.
The author used the same word oh 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 Naseby;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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