This is an analysis of the poem He Gave Away His Life that begins with:

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He gave away his Life—... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010100 01000010 0100001100 110000100 010101 1101110 11010100 1101000000 1100100010 1100001 110100100 110000000 1100001100 1101010 111101010 1000000010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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