This is an analysis of the poem The Ebb Of War that begins with:

In the seven--times taken and re--taken town
Peace! The mind stops; sense argues against sense.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcccdeXaXbefaXcXggccacfggbcdccebbccbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001011011101 1011110011 0101010001 1001000100 0001010101 101000100111 10001010101 11001010101 10110111000 111001001010 101010010101 10000110011 0100111111 10101010101 00101010101 10010100010 1111010011 1001010101 01010100101 10101111111 1011011001 00100010011 1011100111 11011100101 0100010101 10010100101 1111001001011 10101011011 1111010011 1101001101 1001001101 1001000101 1011010011 0010111001 0110011111 1111010011 0111010001 11010010010010 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1791
  • Average number of words per stanza: 319
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of The Ebb Of War;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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