This is an analysis of the poem The Dying Soldier that begins with:

Yes! raise me on your arm, Dick Dale,
My comrade old and true....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeae efXfgdad cfXfaeXe ahXhXbeb Xgagefaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111111 111111 11100111 1111001 11011101 001001011 11111111 0111001 11010111 0100101 010111001 011001 11010111 110001 10110111 111101 10110111 110111 11011111 0110101 1111100101 110101 111110111 010101 11011111 1011111 11010101 110111 11010101 011111 01111111 011111 11010111 111101 11010111 010101 11110111 111101 11011111 0011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, old, you are repeated.

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

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