This is an analysis of the poem Ypres that begins with:
On the road to Ypres, on the long road,
Marching strong,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc Xddd defe bgXg bfgf aada Xege XgXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101011 101 11010100010 101 110100011 101 1110111010 101 1010100010 101 1010101010 101 1000101011 101 1110101011 101 101011101010 101 11011111111 001 1000111110 101 1010100011 111 1010101010 101 11100010 0101 1001111010 101 1010100011 111 11101010 101 1011100010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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