This is an analysis of the poem The Swamp Fox that begins with:
WE follow where the Swamp Fox guides,
His friends and merry men are we; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgaga chchcbcb ieiejfjf dkdkabab alalmbmb cncnaXae ococejej dgdg aeaeXababeded
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 01110111 11010101 11000101 01010011 11000111 11011101 11111101 11111101 11010101 11110101 11010111 11111101 01010101 11110101 11000111 11010101 10110101 0101111 11010101 01110101 01010001 01010101 111100111 110101101 01011111 11011111 11011101 11000111 11010111 11110101 11110111 11111101 11011101 11111101 11110111 111111001 11110101 11111111 110011101 110101111 01111101 11010101 01010111 110111011 01110111 11111101 11010101 11110111 011101111 11101101 110011101 101011101 011011110 11010111 11111101 11011101 11010101 11010111 11010101 01010001 010101001 10110101 11010101 110010111 1101111 01010101 111011101 110111001 01111101 11111111 11011101 11010111 11011101 11101101 11010111 01010101 111100101 11111101 111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, our, and, his, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words our, and, the, we, he 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 The Swamp Fox;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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