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

NOUGHT more accursed in war I know
Than getting off scot-free;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba cd ed e f ff Xe fe f e ge gh Xh d i di dh jh j e fe ff hf h c jb jf gf g k fk XX agXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000111 110111 01010111 010100 11011101 010001 11110101 110111 01110011 010100 11000101 110101 01011011 010101 00111101 111101 11010101 111101 11011111 110101 11000111 111110 11011101 110111 11110101 1101110 11110101 1001110 11010101 110111 01010101 110111 10111101 010111 11010101 111101 01010111 110101 01010101 110101 01110100 010101 01010111 110101 01010101 111111 10010101 001111 10010001 111101 11011101 111101 100101110 010101 11111101 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 35
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, and are repeated.

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

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