This is an analysis of the poem The Lion Hunt that begins with:
Mount -- mount for the hunting -- with musket and spear!
Call our friends to the field -- for the Lion is near!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX bbcc ddee ffgg hhbb iijj hhdd iikk ddll mmhh nnmmXbbhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101001011 111001101001 10111011001 11011011011 111011110010 110110110110 110010011010 0010011010110 001001101011 101001001001 11111011011 11101001001 101001101001 001001011011 11011111011 11011101011 101101001101 101101101101 101101101001 111111001011 111011011110 111111011010 101101011001 111001001011 1010011011001 101011001001 11011101011 01011001001 110110011110 0110100100110 001001111001 01001111001 11011111011 11011011101 110011101001 111011110111 11011111111 111001110001 1100101001 11101010101 10001111001 101101111011 101001011011 11011001001 01001101001 001001011011 11011011111 110111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; and, call, of, his, what are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words call, in are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Lion Hunt;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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