This is an analysis of the poem Battle Of Belleau Wood that begins with:
IT was thick with Prussian troopers, it was foul with German guns;
Every tree that cast a shadow was a sheltering place for Huns....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbbb bbccdd eeaX cc ffbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 011010100110101 10011101110100111 11101001111101001 1011100110101001 1101011101010111 101001101011110 11010101010101 101011100110101 111011101010101 001010100110101 001111100010111 10101010001011 001010101110001 101010101010101 11111010001010101 111110100010101 11111110001001011 101011101010111 1011010101110101 101010100110101 101000101010001 01010101011101 1001010101111111 0110101010010011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; every, inch, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word inch is repeated.
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