This is an analysis of the poem Accurs'D Be He That First Invented War that begins with:
Accurs'd be he that first invented war!
They knew not, ah, they knew not, simple men,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXXcabXXXdccd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 10001110101 1111111101 1101110101 110010100101 10010101001 0100100111 01011101101 11111100111 1101110101 1101001100 0101010100 1101011001 1111011010 1101011101 1011000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
- Average number of words per stanza: 121
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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