This is an analysis of the poem The Storming Of The Dargai Heights that begins with:

'Twas on the 20th of November, and in the year of 1897,
That the cheers of the Gordon Highlanders ascended to heaven,... full text

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  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (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, their, and, to, always are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words but, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word dismay at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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