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

OH, would I resembled
The country girls fair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bc b d aX a a bd b e ae a X fX f X cX c f gg g c bcXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 01011 110110 11011 0011110 11101 0011010 11011 1101101 111101 010010 11101 011110 11011 110010 11011 111010 11011 010010 01011 1010101 101101 010111 01011 11001 111111 11011 111011 011110 11001 011110 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 30
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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