This is an analysis of the poem The Unfallen Brave that begins with:

Not all in sorrow and in tears,
To pay of gratitude's arrears... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeffe gghddhXaacaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 010100001 0101 11010101 01111111 0111 01011101 11010101 0101 010010101 01110010 1111 11010101 11110101 1111 11010101 01010011 0101 11110101 01000101 1101 11011101 011010001 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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