This is an analysis of the poem Drum-Taps that begins with:
Aroused and angry,
I thought to beat the alarum, and urge relentless war;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXc d caefdghicccXjX fcakakl lX mjX lfXgmlfdhfnbajmXXXijclbmjjXgnmobdfXddfjeefoel hXXmjbaX XacgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,14,7,2,3,45,8,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110 11010100110101 11110111111101 11 0110101101100101 11 1111011 1011011001110110 111010111101 11101110001011 101101011110 110100100100101101 1 1111111001010 01001 111101011011101 011 111001111111110 10 10101111 100110110110010 1001010110101000101 10010 1001010100010001 001010010100 110111001 111011010 0101001010 1010011111111010 0010110111110 11 11110011010101 00111 011100110 001010010011010 10101001010 0101001011001100 1 01010001000110110 01010110101 010100101110101 10 1101011100111 0101101011101011 010011001100 1110111001001010 01110010110010 11101011111 110001100111010101 0010 101111110010100 111110 111011110011101 111101001 01001011101101 011100100101010 101011 01010010100101100 10 10010011101111001 1 0110001010010010100 1 0100101001100111 100 0010001010111101 101010011 1010101110 110000010110 1010010101001010 011010011001100 0101010110011010101 1011 11110010010110110 01 100111011100100 100 1000011010101 0110101001 101001001 01111011100110 1 1000111011001011 10010 1010110110110 11100111000 1100011010010 10011110101010101 1110 11110101011000
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 509
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, my, she, how, you, her, arming, their, mother, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, o, forty, the are repeated.
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- summary of Drum-Taps;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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