This is an analysis of the poem Race Of Veterans that begins with:
RACE of veterans! Race of victors!
Race of the soil, ready for conflict! race of the conquering march!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 101001010 1001101101001001 1110001010101 1111011101001 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; race, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word race is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase race connects the lines.
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