This is an analysis of the poem 'Salute The Soldier' that begins with:

Hail, soldier, huddled in the rain,
Hail, soldier, squelching through the mud,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXeX eX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010001 11010101 11010111 01010101 11110101 11010101 01001101 11111101 11010101 01011101 110101 01010101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 223
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hail, of, soldier, new are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hail, new are repeated.

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