This is an analysis of the poem Daughters Of War that begins with:

Space beats the ruddy freedom of their limbs,
Their naked dances with man's spirit naked... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaa aadaaXedcafagh XhadXa difagjaaXXXaab dhdjibjd aideaXaaabfaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,14,6,14,8,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010011 11010011010 101100101 010101 11011001 1100101 110100110 10110100101 010110010 1101010101 01010101010 11000111 1011010101 0101010101 01110101 110011 010111 110011111101 11011010101 1010101101101 0111011111 1101111000101 10110111 0111110101 10010110011 100110010101 10010000101 0010100100 10110010 11010101101 101111 0011010 1111010 1100100 1101010 101101 1011100110110 0010101 10110001001 111101 11011101 10101011 1111011 1101010111101 1110101 11011101 001100011000101 110111 00110011 110001 111110101101101 1011011010 11011 110111 1001011 1101111 1101101 111110 1100010110 1111010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, mortal, and, to, strength, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, clouding are repeated.

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