This is an analysis of the poem On A Battle Field that begins with:

Once o'er this hill whereon we stand,
Just you and I, hand clasp'd in hand... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeffX ddgffg ddhiihXbbeaae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011011 11111101 01010101 01010101 01011101 11111101 00010001 11110111 11010101 01010001 11010101 01010100 01010101 01010011 01011101 11010101 01111111 010101010 01110101 11011111 11010111 11000101 11110111 01010011 01011110 11110101 11001101 11010101 11010111 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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