This is an analysis of the poem Our Veterans Of Fought Wars that begins with:

Those who profess to be patriotic.
And sway hypnotically, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcXaXbdb eXe fecceeXe ebcfdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,3,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001010 1110000 01111 101110 011000011 0110011101 1111 10101111000 11100011 1101010 10011 0100011010 01110010 110101 1110101 0111001001 01100100 101011 01010001 010111111 010110100 1011001001 1000 011010100 01001110111 10100011 11100110101 111101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Our Veterans Of Fought Wars;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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