This is an analysis of the poem The Soldier's Consolation that begins with:
No! in truth there's here no lack:
White the bread, the maidens black! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 1010101 0010111 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
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- summary of The Soldier's Consolation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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