This is an analysis of the poem Soldiers All that begins with:
They're praying for the soldier lads in grim old London town;
Last night I went, myself, and heard a bishop in his gown... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXccdd eXffaa ccddXcXX ggeX hheefX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,8,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010101011101 11111111010001 01000101010001 11010111110101 01010111111101 11010100010101 10010101110111 01010101110101 11111111010101 11001101110101 01011100110111 01010011100111 11011100010101 01100101011101 11010001110111 11010101110101 10111101111111 11010111111101 11010111010101 01110111110101 111111011101110 11011101110101 11010101011101 01110101010110 10110101110101 11100101110111 1010100111111 11000101111101 10010101011101 11011111111111 11110111010001 11011101011101 11010101010101 01010111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 416
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, his, of, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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