This is an analysis of the poem Memorials On The Slain At Chickamauga that begins with:

Happy are they and charmed in life
Who through long wars arrive unscarred... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXacdc edeXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10111101 111101100 110101010 0110000110 010101100 110101 11011011 10110101001 1111001101 1110010001 1001010101 1101010101 00110101 0101000100 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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