This is an analysis of the poem Lincolnshire Bomber Station that begins with:

Across the road the homesick Romans made
The ground-mist thickens to a milky shroud;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaab bccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101011101 0111000101 1111111011 0111010100001 10011010101 11101010101 1111010101 111011011101 1011101001 110001100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.

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  • summary of Lincolnshire Bomber Station;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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