This is an analysis of the poem A True Hero that begins with:
JAMES BRAIDWOOD: Died June 22, 1861.
NOT at the battle front,--writ of in story; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aa bb cc aa aa dd cc dd ee ff gg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 11010110010 11010110010 11010111110 11010110010 110101111001 11010111011 11110101110 10110110010 10110110110 10111110110 11111010010 11110110010 11111110011 10010110011 10111110010 10110100110 100101001010 11110010010 110010101011 11001110011 10110110110 100101101010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not, no, him, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, no are repeated.
The author used the same word not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, us are repeated).
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