This is an analysis of the poem The Field Of Glory that begins with:

War shook the land where Levi dwelt,
And fired the dismal wrath he felt, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc ddeebXbX bbffacac ggggdhdh hhiigbgb aajjXkXk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 110010111 11011101 10011101 01011101 011101010 01001011 010100110 11110101 01010101 11010101 01010100 11111111 1101111100 11100101 111111110 01011111 11010101 11010101 11000101 11111111 111101010 11011111 111100110 11101101 01110101 11011101 10110111 11101101 110101010 01011111 110110010 11111101 11010111 11010001 11111001 11011101 110111111 11110101 10101111 11001101 11110101 110011111 11011100 110101001 0100101110 011101001 111011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, they, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they are repeated.

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