This is an analysis of the poem Ghosts Of War that begins with:
When you and I are buried
With grasses over head,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaa XXbbX Xcbbc Xbddb XbeeX afaaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 010101 010001101 01011101 111101 1101110 1101100 10110101 01010101 011110 11010011 011101 11010111 11111101 111111 1111110 111111 1101001010 111101010 111101 1011110 010101 11010101 110100101 1010100 001101 001101 10110101 11010101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they are repeated.
The author used the same word though at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Ghosts Of War;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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