This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Camp that begins with:

“GIVE us a song!” the soldiers cried,
The outer trenches guarding,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc adXd aeae fgfg bebe hchc aiai jiji fgfg XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 0101010 1010100111 1100010 01100101 11110010 1010100100 1101010 11010111 1101010 11110101 0101010 110101001 0101010 11010101 1001010 11011101 0111010 110101001 1111010 11011101 0101010 11110111 1101010 11011111 1101110 10010101 1101010 010100101 0101110 10110101 1101010 110101001 1101010 01011101 11000010 11010111 10101110 11010111 1101010 11010101 1111010 01010100 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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; from, of, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words they, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Song Of The Camp;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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