This is an analysis of the poem The Waiter At The Camp that begins with:

The officers' friend is the waiter at camp.
In the night air 'twas cold and was bitterly damp,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccddcc eeddXX bbaXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01001001011 001111111001 111101111000 111011011011 101111010001 11001011001 11001011101 111001111101 111001101011 101001011001 111111101011 001001101101 01011101001 11001011000 01101111001 01101111101 101111101011 11011111110 11001011001 001101111111 11001011101 101001001101 111111111001 11111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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