This is an analysis of the poem Unarmed Combat that begins with:
In due course of course you will all be issued with
Your proper issue; but until tomorrow,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabXc Xdefgc hcXibj ajhXae edcidi ijXcXc dfcdffXcgiiic
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011011010100 11010101011 11100101010111 11101101111 010011111110 111011 1010011111110 11011101010 110111110111 0100101001010 1010010100001 010101 1110101001010 111101101001 1010011111110 0111010110010 01000101101011 10101 11011111110 1011100111111 111101111010 1011001001111 10010010111011 010001 010001111111 1101011111 1101111011 1111110110011 0101111101010 11101 101111100111 111010111101111 1010011111110 11110111101 0011111111 010001 011110001010 10101111111110 11110101111111 101001010111010 00100101001010 001011 11001011111 1001010110010 10011111111 0101111001011 11011111010 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, i, of, we, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.
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- summary of Unarmed Combat;
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