We Flash Across The Level by William Ernest Henley: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem We Flash Across The Level that begins with:

We flash across the level.
We thunder thro' the bridges.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaaa aaaa baXX Xcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 1101010 1101010 1101010 0101010 01001111 01010010 0101111 1101011 0101110 1101010 0101110 111010110 111001010 111001010 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of We Flash Across The Level;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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