This is an analysis of the poem Post-War Plans that begins with:

“When this ‘ere war’s finished,” Bill said,
“If we ain’t all dead,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXXbbbccaXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10111011 01111 1001111001 11010111110 110100101001 11010100011 11111100111 101110101011101 111111011011 1111101101 111111111 11101 0110111101 111101 11111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
  • Average number of words per stanza: 141
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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