This is an analysis of the poem The Two Majors that begins with:
An excellent soldier who's worthy the name
Loves officers dashing and strict:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeeX cfcd cXce ghgX ibib jXjX fXfX ecXc bhbh XceX ekeX ibiX XkXk jhjX fcfX eXeX cecX bXXXXdkdk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001011001 11001011 10110001011 11011001 11101001011 101011001 11101001001 0010001001 11001001001 11011011 11001101001 11010010 11001011001 01001101 101011001101 11011011 11011111001 11110010 11010011011 11101011 101101011011 11101001 1110010101001 111010100 10011101011 11001011 11010011001 11011001 111011001001 110010010 11011011011 11001001 101111101001 10100101100 111001001001 01001010 01011101011 11001011 1000100100010 01001011 01101001101 101001001 11101001001 11001001 10011110101010 001011001 10100101111 1100101000 1010110101011 100001101 10111011011 111100110 01011111001 110001011 11001011001 11011010 1011100110010 101001001 11111101100 001010011 1000111101101 11001001 11001001011 110010110 10101101111011 11111001 111110010001 1100101000 11101010111 11001010 110011011001 01101010 101111001011 01101001 101111111001 1100110000 101111000001 01001001 101111001010 010110010 11001001001 001001011 11111001101 110001001
- Amount of stanzas: 21
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; for, their, could, we, they, agreed, in, you, i, he, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, they are repeated.
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- summary of The Two Majors;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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