At The Wars by Robert Nichols: poem analysis

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

Now that I am ta'en away
And may not see another day... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddeebXffXXeeddddaa ccffddXX ddXXffaaggX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 11110101 10001101 11101101 110010101 110101011 111100101 01100101 11011110 10010101 0100111001 10110111 1100101001 01010100 01010111 10110111 1110101 01011101 11011111 11010101 010011101 11001101 11011101 10010111 110101011 01011101 11010111 1111101 10111101 11111111 11110001 010111101 11111100 1010111 11010101 01011111 011101110 0111101010 01010101 1000101 11111111 0111101 1110101 01111011 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 498
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, the are repeated.

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