Amanda's Part: Watkins 3-93

Here are the features that I found. I didn't find too many, and I'm not sure if the things that I found are correct, but I hope I at least have the idea.

1. The poem is both isosyllabic and accentual. The pattern follows the 7676 syllable pattern, with the exception of the first line of the second stanza, which has eight syllables.
   
2. The first line of the second stanza is a marked phrase because it does not follow the 7676 syllable pattern. I'm not sure if the phrase is marked because the poet wanted to memorialize the men who were the victors or if she wanted to stress that not one of the victors could understand victory as much as the man who lost. Either way, the phrase is marked.
3. The line "Who took the Flag today" is a kenning for victory.
   
4. The line "As he defeated -- dying" has a copula, where the words "who was" are ellipsed out.
   
5. There is a polyptoton in the first stanza, where "success" is repeated, first as a noun and second as a verb.
   
6. There are two instances of word order variation: "To comprehend a nectar / Requires sorest need." and "Can tell the definition / So clear of Victory"
7. The phrase "defeated [and] dying" could either be a merism or a qualifier b (argument + synonymous argument), but I am not sure which one, if it even is one.
8. I also thought it was interesting that the first stanza is two complete clauses, while the last two stanzas are one clause. I don't know what this might mean, but there is word repetition - the last line of the second stanza says "so clear of Victory" and the last line of the third stanza says "Burst agonized and clear." The poet might be trying to set up a contrast between the purple host, who had won in this life, and the man who was defeated, who seems to have won the battle over death.
9. The poet is following the business of the poet by memorializing the man who was dying (I also think that the man may have overcome death, but I haven't made my mind up about that one yet).

I also had a few questions about the poem:

1. What does the word "forbidden" mean in this poem? It doesn't make sense in the way that we use it today, as something that is off-limits.
2. Does the word "nectar" in the first stanza somehow give a part for the whole? I looked it up and part of the definition was the drink of the gods - does that have anything to do with eternity?
3. I think that the word "agonized and clear" might be one of the formulas, but I can't decide which one.