This is an analysis of the poem Song Of Myself, XVIII that begins with:

With music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums,
I play not marches for accepted victors only, I play marches for conquer'd and slain... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab cdXXdbbac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110110111 111101010101011101101110 11110100101 11010000110110011001111 1111101 1111100011011010 1001111 10111101001 1010111001 101100110101110110 101000110100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • 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; i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sea is repeated).

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  • summary of Song Of Myself, XVIII;
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  • history of its creation;
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