This is an analysis of the poem All For The Cause that begins with:
Hear a word, a word in season,
for the day is drawing nigh,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB deae dfff ghXh XaXa ijcj XgXg cigi daga Xkhk XbXb dlfl mfhf mnfn Xfaf inhnXABCB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1010101 10111011 1011101 11111110 10111101 11111110 10010111 10100110 1110111 10101010 1010101 10101110 1011101 10111110 1011111 00111010 1111111 10100110 1010101 11111010 1011111 11101111 1011111 11111110 1101111 101011000 1011111 11101101 1111111 100101110 10010001 10111110 1011101 00111010 0010001 10101111 1011101 10101010 1011101 10101100 0011110 11101100 1010101 11111110 1011101 11101010 1111111 11101110 1010101 10101110 1010101 11101110 1010111 11101010 1100111 10101110 1110101 11101010 1010111 11111110 1111111 11101010 1011111 10101010 1010101 10111011 1011101
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words every, in are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase happy connects the lines.
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- summary of All For The Cause;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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