This is an analysis of the poem Confederate Memorial Day that begins with:

The marching armies of the past
Along our Southern plains,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ddcd Xcec Xebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010001 011101 11010101 010101 01010101 010011 01110101 1110001 11010101 011101 110001101 0110101 1011110 110101 1111100 111101 11110101 111101 11011011 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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