This is an analysis of the poem A Cavalry Soldier that begins with:
With loud talking and laughter,
And a long, careless stride,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdbD ebXbXdbD efXfXdbD adcdXdbD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110110 101101 11001011 01101 11110011 110101 0011010 010001 0011010 111111 0011010 11101 001001110 101111 011010 010001 1011010 001101 101110011 11101 101011110 1101110 0011010 010001 1011010 101111 111010011 001101 11101010 001101 1011010 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word queen at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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