This is an analysis of the poem The Two Armies that begins with:

As Life's unending column pours,
Two marshalled hosts are seen,­... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea bfbf gcgc hdhd haha iaia jfjf hjhjXhbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110111 11010101 111101 11000111 011101 11010101 110001 11010101 011101 11010101 110101 01011101 111101 01010101 110001 111111001 110101 01011101 010111 11110101 110101 01010111 110111 110101001 010101 01010111 1101010 11010101 110101 101100111 0100101 11110001 110101 11110111 110101 10010101 010101 10110001 101101 110101001 111111 11010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 The Two Armies;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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