This is an analysis of the poem Battle Passes that begins with:
A quaint old gabled cottage sleeps be-
tween the raving hills. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdbcbeeXafa ghihjaXahhcifi kkiibb ggllbX hhmmee nnggaa cojoddddiigbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,6,6,6,6,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011101010 10101 01111101110 111 0101101111 100111 1010101010 10101 01010111 11110101 1101111 1011101 01011100110 101 1101000101 1101 11010111010 101 11011101111 111 11010101110 101 01010101 11010101 01110101110 101 011101010 10001 11010111 11011101 11001001 11010101 11111111 01010001 110010101 01011001 11010101 011011001 11010101 11010111 0101011 11011101 01110101 111010101 11011111 01110111 01010101 1111011001 01010011 11011101 01011101 01010111 111101110 10101 1100010111 0101 0110010111 1101 0111001111 10101 11010111 11010001 110111011 10101 11001101110 101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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