This is an analysis of the poem Men Of The Marches that begins with:

We in our citied ease,
Far from the noise of war,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaXca Xdedfaca gchcXXeX gfefhici
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101 100101 101111 101101 1011001 11110 111101 10010 100101 101101 101101 111101 1010101 01011 101101 10011 111101 100101 100100 101101 101111 10010 110111 10010 110101 100101 100111 101111 110111 10111 111111 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Men Of The Marches;
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