This is an analysis of the poem The Man In Gray that begins with:

Again, in dreams, the veteran hears
The bugle and the drum;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abababab cdcd X efefefef egeg X hdhdhdhd ibib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,1,8,4,1,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001 010101 01010101 010101 01110111 010111 110001110 101101 11011111011111 11111111010101 01010100010101 01111111111011 1 01011111 01101 01110111 010101 1100111 011111 110000011 101111 01000101011111 00011101011101 01010101111001 10010111010101 1 01011101 010101 010111011 011101 01110101 111111 10011101 010001 10011111111111 110101000111111 01110101100111 11010011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; again, as, vats, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words again, o are repeated.

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  • summary of The Man In Gray;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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