This is an analysis of the poem The Dear Brown Head that begins with:

James Cecil Johnston. Suvla. August 9th, 1915
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabb bbbb ccbb ddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101011 1011001101011 10011010011011 00101011001 1011111111 111001001001 1110100101 10110111011 11010011111 11100110110 10101110010 100100101101 11100101111 01010100101 100110110101 11111110101 1110110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, of are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word head at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Dear Brown Head;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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