This is an analysis of the poem On The Western Front that begins with:

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I found a dreadful acre of the dead, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbc dede fgfg bb X abab haha ijijXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,2,1,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1101010001 1001011111 01010100101 011111101 1011101101 1111000111 1111010111 1101011111 1111011111 0101110111 01010101011 0110110101 0111010101 0100011111 1 1111110101 0111011111 1111010101 1101110111 1011000111 1101011001 1111111111 1101010111 11111111010 1111001111 11011111110 1111010011 1101111111 0111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; peace, we, our, you are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of On The Western Front;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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