Fire Song by Thomas Cowherd: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Fire Song that begins with:

TUNE, 'AULD LANG SYNE.'
When the wild cry of fire is heard... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXaXbcXc bdbd aXaXXaea aafa fgXgefcfXaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,4,8,4,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110 101101001 110111 11110111 0101110 11011101 101101 11011111 100101 101110101 101111 11111101 1101001 11010101 111111 010101001 111111 111110101 011111 010111011 100101 1011101001 010101 01011101 001011 110011101 010111 11011111 111111 110111011 111101 01111101 110111 1011101001 111111 11111101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; to, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Fire Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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