This is an analysis of the poem Warbrides that begins with:

There has been wrong done since the world began.
That young men should go out and die in war,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc cdcd eeeX Xafa cgcgXfefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 1111111101 11110011011 1010011101 0001101101 1101011101 1100011111 11111011001 0001110101 1101111101 1111100101 110010000101 0001110101 0111111101 01011100101 0100110101 01110010011 0101001111 0101010101 0101110001 0001111101 1101111101 1101001111 1011011101 0001001011 1111010111 1101011101 1101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, their, of, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Warbrides;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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