This is an analysis of the poem News Of War that begins with:

Today, while yet the rumour filled the street,
I left your faces troubled with the thought ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabbcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111010101 1111010001 01000100101 110010101001 0101010111 0101010101 11010011001 0101010001 1111110101 1111010001 1101110111 1111010101 1001111101 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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