This is an analysis of the poem Dirge For A Soldier that begins with:
In the east the morning comes,
Hear the rollin' of the drums...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aabccbdd ccXddcee ffbddbdd ggbhhbgg iiXjjXiiXAafjjfcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010101 1010001 101 10111111 00101011 11 1010111 1110101 1000101 0010011 111 11111011 11101011 101 1110101 1110001 1011001 1110101 111 10111011 111011101 001 1110001 0010101 1010101 1011111 001 10111110 001001010 101 1111101 1011011 1011101 11010001 11 10101110 101001110 001 1011111 1110101 0010101 1010001 101 11111010 10101010 101 1010111 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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 Dirge For A Soldier;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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