This is an analysis of the poem The Battle Of Abu Klea that begins with:
Ye sons of Mars, come join with me,
And sing in praise of Sir Herbert Stewart's little army,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX ccdd ccee eeff ggaa gghh eXee iihh ffgg baee jjkk kkgg cXaa ggff fXee eell cccc cccc hhgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101 11010110101010 11110101 101001011101 100101101011011 0110111101 1110111010010 11011101011010 1010110010001 10100101110111 0111001101101 1101011011001 0100110101011 11111100101 11110101001001 11101011111 11001010011001 100111001101 1110100001001 100111010101 11011101010101 110100100010101 10001100010 11011101101101 1111001011010 1101101110110 1010001001101 0010110101001 1101010010010001 0110101001011 1101001010101001 1010111011111 1101110010101001 01010100101001 111001010101 10010011100001 11011010100 110100100101 10101001101 10101001100111001 1100101100010101 111010011011 111010101 111101101110101 11010100101010101 01001110100001 11010010010101 1010100100101 1010000101110001 11010110100110100 111001000101 110010110011 111001001010101 1101101010101111 11010101011 1110101010101 010101101 111101010 111001010001001 01110010111 101101011001 011010001001 0101100111 0111011001001 010101110101 111010101011 0101010110001 11100010001 0111011001000111 10011110111 10010111111001 00101111100101 11010011111101 110111101 11101111100011 1011111010110
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as, to, in, and, he, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, but, where are repeated.
The author used the same words but, then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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