This is an analysis of the poem The Last Parade that begins with:
With never a sound of trumpet,
With never a flag displayed, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb baXa dece cfcf geae Xaha bece Xaaa aici Xhgh dcXc gbcXXdbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001010 0100101 01001010 1110101 1010110 101101 010110100 110111 111101010 1100101 01011010 0100101 101001010 100111 11101011 1011111 100110110 1110101 11001110 1101101 11101110 1011101 10010011 100111 11101010 0011111 11011010 111111 1011101010 100101 111011010 010111 10101010 111101 1111010 100111 10001111 100101 1111110 011111 10001010 00110101 110100 1100101 10001110 011101 101001010 11011010 11101010 1100111 1000101010 1101101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 52
- 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, we, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, never, we, over are repeated.
The author used the same words and, we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase home connects the lines.
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