This is an analysis of the poem Before The Summer that begins with:
When our men are marching lightly up and down,
When the pipes are playing through the little town,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbaa ccccXccaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111010111 10111010101 1101110111111 1010100110101 10111010111 101010110101 1010101010101011 101001101100101 0101010110101 100111010101 1001010111101 01001111010101 11101110001 101111110101 11110101011111 010101001100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (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; and, now are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, now are repeated.
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