This is an analysis of the poem Politeness that begins with:
The English and the French were met
Upon the field of future battle;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaeXffX gbgbhehX aiaijjjX XgcggXgX iaiaajaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 010101010 01010001 110101010 10010101 010101010 10010101 010011010 10110101 110101010 101001110001 110101010 11010101 111101010 11011100 11110010100 01010011 010101110 11100101 110111110 11001101 010011010 11110101 01110010 01010101 110101010 101011100 110101010 11111111 1111010100 11110111 1100010100 10100010100 010100010 101010101 110101010 01000101 0011010100 10010101 11011110110 01001101 1101111000 111111011 010101010 010110101 110111010 01011101 111111110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Politeness;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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