This is an analysis of the poem Our Own Again that begins with:
Let the coward shrink aside,
We'll have our own again; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBabcXcbbbbbABaB aXabdddbaaabbbbB aXaXXeebaaabebeB fbfbeeebeeebABaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,16,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 111101 1010101 111101 1010111 110101 1010101 1111101 1110101 100101 1110101 1111101 1101101 111101 1010101 111101 1010101 1111011 1011011 111101 1111111 1111001 1110101 1011101 1011101 100101 1010101 1111101 1010101 111101 1011111 111101 1110101 1111011 1010101 1111011 1010110 101111 1011101 1011101 1011101 010111 1111101 1111101 1010101 111101 1001111 111101 1110011 111101 1010101 111101 1011101 111101 1010001 1011101 001011 101101 1010101 1111101 1101101 111101 1010101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 465
- Average number of words per stanza: 87
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; our, and, they are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Our Own Again;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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