This is an analysis of the poem These Fought In Any Case that begins with:

These fought in any case,
and some believing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba XXbXaXXc dXc dXdccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,8,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 11010 1100101 11110 11101 010011111010 111001 101001 101111100 10011111 11001010 10110011011001 11111 111110 10111001 1011001 100011010011 1001010 1010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; home, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word home is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines before is repeated).

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