This is an analysis of the poem General John that begins with:
The bravest names for fire and flames
And all that mortal durst,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca XXaX dcdc aeae dfdf aeae eXeX eded gagX abab fbfXXaeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010111011 111101 010011101 00101001 100110101 010111 0101101001 0101001 011110101 0100101 10010100100 111011010 11010110 10100101 110010111 0100101 001111101 10101001 11010101 110101 1010010101 011101 110100101 010111 100101011101 1101111 111101101 1010011001 1010011101 1111111 10010101001 111011010 10100111001 11001011 10100000101 111101 1010111001 010001 1110101011 0010010100 1100110011 111101 000011101 0010101 1010010101 011101 110100111 11001110 110011101 100101 11011101 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and, my, general, john are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, my are repeated.
The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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