This is an analysis of the poem From: Gold Braid that begins with:

Same old trenches, same old view,
Same old rats as blooming tame,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1111101 1111101 1110101 1110101 1110111 1110111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; same, old are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word same is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase same connects the lines.

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