This is an analysis of the poem Forgotten Dead, I Salute You that begins with:

Dawn has flashed up the startled skies,
Night has gone out beneath the hill...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacddceaafaF bgcgcafaF aeaceXhihiacac gcggcjgfjf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,9,14,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11110101 10110111 1111000111 01011101 010100001 10010111 10110101 10011101 01110101 01110111 100110001 01111111 11010011 11110101 10110101 101101001 10010011 11001101 01010111 01111100 01110101 11010001 11110101 1010111 01011101 10010101 01010101 01010101 11010100 11011111 11010011 11010100 11011001 11011111 01011101 01010101 11110101 11110111 010101011 01110111 11000101 11000101 110101011 11010101 10011111 11110111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word him at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Forgotten Dead, I Salute You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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