This is an analysis of the poem Battle Fatigue that begins with:

Battle fatigue.
From fought wars, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcbcXXbbbb AXbbbcb Acdcefc AdfedXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,7,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 011 1101000100 1101 1111101 010 11111101 1001001 01101 01101010 110100100 1001 1101000011100 1010 1001011 10100110 100101100 00101001 1001 101000100 101 010111 010 110001011 1111111 1001 1010010101 0110011101 011101 100101011 01111100 110010 1010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Battle Fatigue;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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