This is an analysis of the poem The Fighting Corpse that begins with:

Rundstedt is 'old and sick', the prisoners tell:
So let us hope he's never young and well....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101001 1111110111 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Fighting Corpse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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