This is an analysis of the poem Oh For The Swords Of Former Time that begins with:
Oh for the swords of former time!
Oh for the men who bore them, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaababaX BABAcdcdBABA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 1101110 11111101 1101010 1111101 0100011 0110111 0111011 110111001100 11011101 1101110 11110101 0101110 1111101 0111010 1110101 1101110 11011101 1101110 11110101 0101110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; for, oh are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word oh is 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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