This is an analysis of the poem What Turned The Germans Back that begins with:

WHAT turned the German myriads back
From Paris whither they had won? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcDee fafaaa gdgddD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010111 01101111 10001001 101011010 101100010 01000101 11011101 01000101 01010101 11010111 11010001 111010111 01001101 10111011 11011011 110110111 01011011 11010101 11010101 11010101 1101100101 11010101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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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