This is an analysis of the poem In The Day Of Battle that begins with:

IN the day of battle,
In the night of dread,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaabbXbXcXcXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010 00101 111010 11101 111010 11101 111110 00101 111010 110101 101110 10101 111010 10101 101110 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 394
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, let, not are repeated.

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