This is an analysis of the poem The Dry Canteen that begins with:
There were three soldiers who went to war,
(Chorus) Well why not?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAXAbaaA cAcAddXA XAXAeeeA cAXAbbXa XAXAffXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101101 10111 1011111001 101101 1100110001 1101101101 1101111011 10111 1111100101 10111 011100101 101101 1100100101 11010101 0111011001 10111 101101011 10111 11110110100 101101 1100100111 010110101 110010101 10111 0100111010 10111 11101011110 10111 1101110111 110100111 01011011100 10011 01011111010 10111 10101001010 10111 10101111001 111010111 01111111110 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of The Dry Canteen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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