This is an analysis of The Trumpets by Sam Walter Foss.
The trumpets were calling me over the hill,
And I was a boy and knew nothing of men;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcD efef gdgD bhbh idid gjgj kdkD
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01001011001 11101111001 111101011001 11001001 01011111001 111001001011 01001011001 01011011 01001011001 11101111101 11111101101 11101001 111011011101 001011011011 111101011111 01011011 01001011101 111011111 101011011111 0101011001 111111011001 11111011 11111111101 101011011 01011011001 111001101 11101011001 01011011 11011001001 111111011011 111011011101 01011011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
and, trumpets, for, i, calling
Anaphora
the, and