This is an analysis of the poem The War After The War that begins with:

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Yonder, with eyes that tears, not distance, dim,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbaabba cbdcbd XeffeefXe dghdgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,9,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1001111101 0101110101 11110010011 0111010101 0101010101 1011010111 10010101001 11111101001 11111101001 1011011101 1101110101 1011110101 1111010101 1100010101 1 1101111111 1101011111 0010010111 0100110001 0011010111 110110101101 1011011101 1111000101 1111111111 0111010101 1111010111 11111110100 11010010101 10001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 321
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, of, no, for, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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