This is an analysis of the poem Adieu To A Soldier that begins with:
ADIEU, O soldier!
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXbXXac abXaaaXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110 1001010111 010101001 010100010101100 1100110010001010 1 10111101010111 110111 0111010 01111 11000111111 11100101011 11110101 101101000101 11001011100101010 11010101011111 01010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 414
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, through are repeated.
The author used the same word adieu at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word expression at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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