This is an analysis of the poem Destiny that begins with:
SOLDIER, why do you shrink from the hiss of the hungry lead?
The bullet that whizzed is past; the approaching ball is dumb....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10111100100101 01011010010101 11110101101 0110111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
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