This is an analysis of the poem Battle-Flags Of Illinois that begins with:

Through the red dusk of war they flew
From Shiloh to the sea. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababc dcdce ededeXdbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 010001 11010111 100101 1101111 110010111 110101 11010111 1101011 10111111 01111101 010111 01000101 110101 11010101 11011101 101101 11010101 101100 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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