This is an analysis of the poem Soldierly that begins with:
The glory of a soldier—and a soldier's not a saint—
Is the way he does his duty without grumbling or complaint;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbddcc bbddaa ccddee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01000101010101 0011101001100101 01111101110111 111010101110001 1010111010010111 001010101111101 101111101010101 010101010100101 101010101011101 101110101110101 111010101010111 001110101111101 100010101011001 100011101110001 110010101101101 101010101011101 111010101011101 110110101011101 101000101010111 1010011101011101 1001010101101101 1001010101010101 111111101011101 101111101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (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; he, to, an', that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there'll is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word do at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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