This is an analysis of the poem Weave In, Weave In, My Hardy Life that begins with:

WEAVE in! weave in, my hardy life!
Weave yet a soldier strong and full, for great campaigns to come;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabaaXXXbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101 11010111110101 10111100110101 10 110111110101010 1101 111101111101011 10111 11010111111101 010101111111 11010101010101 111111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • 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; weave, in, know, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word weave is repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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