This is an analysis of the poem Parables that begins with:

AND did you think the war was past
When the long cannonade was done,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa b cdcd cd cec ece fe fefe d gdgdg aaaaaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,4,2,3,3,2,4,1,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10110111 10110011 11111101 11010101 11110111 110010101 10111101 010100101 11010101 010101001 11110111 11110101 10111111 01011101 100111111 1100111 1111101 01110111 10111001 110010101 110011111 10010101 11110101 11010111 101111001 11010101 01100101 11000101 11111001 11011101 10111101 010001001 11110101 10010111 11111101 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; he, you are repeated.

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