This is an analysis of the poem Soldier from the wars returning that begins with:

Soldier from the wars returning,
Spoiler of the taken town,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aaaa dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001010 1000101 10111110 1101111 10111110 1011101 10101010 1010101 11101010 10101001 10101110 1010101 11101110 1110111 10111110 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; and, you are repeated.

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