This is an analysis of the poem Ballad Of Army Pay that begins with:
In general, if you want a man to do a dangerous
job : — ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X ab ac de dd fg F g Xh iX cX cj fg F X k Xh Xe fk fl fg F ib lb bc cc hf gF k jX j X c bX efXif
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,1,2,1,1,1,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010001101010100 1 1101011111 0011 01010111010 1010 1011010101010 10 100101001010 1 1010001010100 01 11110101110 10 11011101110 100 11011101011 111 10110101010 11 1111011101 0101 1010001010100 01 1 111101110 1 110101110111 01 110101010101 01 1101010110 111 101011101111 01 1010001010100 01 111110101100 101 1101010111011 1 1101010111110 1 10111010111 001 111011010111 1111 1010001010100 01 1100010011110 1 1010101011 10101 1 1100010010101 010101010011 10 010011111010 1 101000101010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 36
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; and is repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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