This is an analysis of the poem A Fantasy Of War that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbaaccddeeefbb g hhhcchhbbbii jjjccccccj kkkjjccc g kkeebbllkkmmffccccccnnk mmoocckkccpp c lll eee iii ddddXoooo
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,1,12,10,8,1,23,12,1,3,3,3,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0010 1111010111001 0100010010111 01000101010101 1111010110101 0111110010101 11111101110001 01010101110111 01110101011001 01011111010101 11010001011101 11111011111101 11010101101101 01111111011101 111111011 11111 11111101110101 010 01110101011001 01000101010101 01000101010101 010011101010001 01010101111001 01010111010101 01100101010001 011100001110111 01000101010101 01010111110111 11010111110001 11010111110111 01010101110101 11111101111101 11111101111100 11001111010011 01001111110101 01111111110101 11110101110111 11010111101101 11011001111101 01000101110101 011100001010111 01110101110001 1100111011001001 11010111110101 11000101111111 10010100110111 11010001111101 01110100110101 01 01111111110101 01111111010101 01111111010111 11010101111101 01111111010111 11110111011111 11010001110100 01011111111100 01111111011111 11010111110101 11010101010101 11110101110101 11010011111101 01110101110111 10110111101101 11101100010111 11010111110101 11110101110101 11010101011011 11011101111111 11010101011100 11011101001100 01111101111111 111111011100111 11111101110111 11010101110111 11010001110101 11110100111111 11011111111111 010111011101001 11010101110001 11111111010101 11011101111111 10010001110101 11000100110001 01101 01100100110010 011001010111010 111101111101110 01010101110101 010100101111101 1101011111001 01010101100101 111101101010111 11010001001101 01011101010111 11010101110111 11011100111101 11010111110110 01111111111101 11011101111111 11010101110101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 110
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, to, in, and, he, said, years, red, four, children, she, you, for, all, or, ever, its, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, four, we, did, or, and are repeated.
The author used the same words from, the, did at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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