This is an analysis of the poem Wars that begins with:
In the old wars drum of hoofs and the beat of shod feet.
In the new wars hum of motors and the tread of rubber tires....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abac XbbdbXc cecedac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011101101011 0011101010101010 0010110111011 11100101 0011100111100 1001 00111111111 10010101110011 10 00101110111010 111100101 0011110011001 100 0011110011001 100 001011110011 100110011011 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in, wars, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines men is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word men at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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