This is an analysis of the poem To a Dead Soldier that begins with:
So I shall never see you more.
The northern winds will blow in vain... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcX dedecdcd fgfgecec cacaabaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 01010101 11110101 10110001 11111111 11010101 11110101 11000101 11110101 11011111 11010101 11010101 111100111 11111101 10111101 01110111 11011101 11010101 10011101 11011101 11110101 11010101 01010101 10011101 11011101 01111101 01010001 01010101 01011111 01100101 10010111 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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