This is an analysis of the poem To Captain H------D, Of The 65th Regiment that begins with:

SAY, muse divine, can hostile scenes delight
The warrior's bosom in the fields of fight?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101101101 0101000101 1101010101 01001010101 0111010101 1101011101 1101110101 11110011001 1001110101 01001001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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 is repeated.

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