This is an analysis of the poem The Happy Warrior (April 23rd) that begins with:

I
Here, a soldier plain, I kneel,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bb cc dd cc X dd aa dd bbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010111 111111 0111011 1111011 110101 1111111 1111 10110111 1 1111101 10100111 1010011 10101001 110111 1111111 101111 101010 1011101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase die connects the lines.

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  • history of its creation;
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