This is an analysis of the poem Anzac that begins with:

Within my heart I hear the cry
Of loves that suffer, souls that die,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbbccbbddeeaaffgghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 01110111 11111101 110010100 10010101 11010101 110101001 01010101 11111111 01110101 01011101 010100101 01110101 11110111 01011101 11111101 11110111 01110111 10010111 10010000 10010101 11110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 777
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

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  • summary of Anzac;
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  • history of its creation;
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