This is an analysis of the poem Vaudeville Moment that begins with:

They have carved a battle
Across your hard face:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcaXdbXXcbb XdXXdaabbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 01111 100010 1101010 11100010 10011010 1110010101 1000101 1010101011 10110010 0010101110 01010111 1001010 11001101 110101 0101011 11010111 01000101 11111010 1001010100 1100010 0101011 011001 10011 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your is repeated.

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  • summary of Vaudeville Moment;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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