A Young Soldier On Service by Confucius: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Young Soldier On Service that begins with:

To the top of that tree-clad hill I go,
And towards my father I gaze,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaBAcXDX eabacdDX caBAceDX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010111111 10111011 1011101110 11111111 1011111001 11101011 1110011101 110011110 0010110111 10111011 1011101110 11111111 1011111001 11001111 1110011101 001101011 1010111001 10111011 1011101110 11111111 1011101001 11001111 1110011101 111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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