This is an analysis of the poem Battlefield that begins with:

Yielding clod lulls iron off to sleep
bloods clot the patches where they oozed ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110101 11010111 110 101 1010101 101101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Battlefield;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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