This is an analysis of the poem Ode For Memorial Day that begins with:

DONE are the toils and the wearisome marches,
Done is the summons of bugle and drum....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcdcXeXe fcfcghghhdhd hihicjcjacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010010 1001001011 10110011000 1001101001 100100101000 10010101011 11010010010 1101111001 100010110100 1001001001 10110110010 1001001011 11011111010 1001111001 11010011010 1100111011 10010111110 1001011011 11010110010 1101001011 11010110010 1001011001 10010110010 1001101001 10010010010 1001101001 10010010010 1011001011 10010011010 1001111001 11010111010 1001011001 10010010110 1001101001 11010110010 1110001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 524
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words done, born, out, flowers are repeated.

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