This is an analysis of the poem Clare's Dragoons that begins with:
When, on Ramillies' bloody field,
The baffled French were forced to yield,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbbX c DEDE eeeXeeeX c AFAF aaaXcccX c AFAF ggXXfffX c DEDE hhhXbbbX cXAFAF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,4,8,1,4,8,1,4,8,1,4,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101 01010101 01010101 010101010 01110011 110101011 11010001 110111010 10 1011101 1011101 1010101 101011101 01111101 11111111 01010011 010111010 11011101 11011101 11010101 010101010 10 1010101 1010111 1010111 101111101 01010101 01010101 01011101 11110110 11010101 01100111 010100101 01100110 10 1010101 1010111 1010111 101111101 11010101 11010111 11011101 110011010 11111101 01111101 11010101 010111010 10 1011101 1011101 1010101 101011101 111111001 01110101 01010101 110101010 11111001 01001101 11111101 010101010 10 1010101 1010111 1010111 101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 65
- 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; viva, la, his, for, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, viva, her are repeated.
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- summary of Clare's Dragoons;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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