This is an analysis of the poem The Fallen Subaltern that begins with:
The starshells float above, the bayonets glisten;
We bear our fallen friend without a sound; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB cdcd ebeb fgfgXabaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010101010110 1111010101 01010101110 01110111001 10010101111 0101110101 11010111011 1101010101 1101100100100 1101010101 110101010100 1101011001 11110101010 0111011101 11110001010 1101010101 110101011110 0101110101 11110111110 01110111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1002
- Average number of words per stanza: 166
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Fallen Subaltern;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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