This is an analysis of the poem Guns At The Front that begins with:

Man, simple and brave, easily confiding,
Giving his all, glad of the sun's sweetness,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXa caac bddX effe dXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100010 1001100110 1010010010000 10101011010 1011111111 1101011110 1111001110 111110101 101001010010 10101011110 1001101111010 10100101100 1010101101 10101010010 11110101010 0101010101 11010111111 1000110011100 0101010111000 0011010010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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, but, nothing are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, in are repeated).

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