This is an analysis of the poem To Thee, Old Cause! that begins with:
TO thee, old Cause!
Thou peerless, passionate, good cause!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXabbbb XXXaaXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111 11010001 110101010 1001010101 1001111111 111111110111000 10111 11110010101 110101 110100111101110 0100100101110101 0101010101010 01010101110100 11001111110111 100101111010111 1011010101010001 01001001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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; thee, for, war, thou, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, with are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cause, thee are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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