This is an analysis of the poem To Roumania that begins with:

Rifles of the Rear Guard,
Rattling through the rain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbAb AcAcac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100011 100101 1011101 010101 100011 11101 100011 00111 100011 010111 0100011 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.

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  • summary of To Roumania;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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