This is an analysis of the poem The March Into Viriginia that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacdcdad ddcceebffbdXccgggddXdadada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 010011101 1110111 110100011 111001 1111011111 010010101001 1010111 110001 100001001 1000001 111000001 11111100 110001 100010001 01010101 01011100 11010101 11110001 1011111 00110101 010111011 101000 01001101 01001100 11100110 010111010 1100100010 1110101 1011101 11101101 11010111 11010011111 1001010101 1101110100 010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no are repeated.

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  • summary of The March Into Viriginia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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