This is an analysis of the poem At Fredericksburg—dec. 13, 1862 that begins with:
GOD send us peace, and keep red strife away;
But should it come, God send us men and steel! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd ecec fcfc ghgh gggg cici jcjc ckcklklkgcgc gggggXgclelemnmn cecelflf ofoXgbgbmkmkcpcpqcqc XiXiococ
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,12,16,8,20,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111101 1101111111 0101111101 1101010101 0101111101 0101010101 1101011101 0101010101 11010111001 0101010101 1101010101 0101010101 1111000101 1111010111 1101110101 1011110101 1111110101 1001110101 1101110101 1110010101 1101011101 0111000101 111110001001 0101010101 0101110101 10110100111 1111010101 1101110001 11011111001 0101010111 1111110001 1101010101 011011010110 11011001001 011011010110 11101011001 010110010110 01101101001 01111011010 011011001101 110111010010 11001011001 111110100010 01010111011 010110010010 11011101111 010010011110 11001011011 110011111110 110110010100 011111010110 11001101001 010111011110 01011011001 011010111110 01101011101 111111010010 11001101101 011010011010 11001101101 110111011010 01001111001 011011011010 01011101001 11100011011110 01101001101 100011111010 111001001001 1111010110110 110110110111 111010111110 11011101001 110010111010 01111111101 110110010110 11001111001 11011110101010 11011001001 0010111010010 0100100101 010111001010 01001111101 111110111010 11011111011 110110010010 01101001101 010111111010 11111011011 110011110010 11111001101 110001011110 11011101001 010011011010 01001111011 110010011010 11011111111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 97
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, their, hundred, honor, for, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, the are repeated.
The author used the same words call, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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