This is an analysis of the poem Soldier Boy that begins with:
My soldier boy has crossed the sea
To fight the foeman; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcccc bXbXXdXd efefabbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 01010 11110101 11010 11110111 01110 11111111 11110 11010101 11110 11110101 01110 11010110 11010 10111101 01010 11011101 11100 11111101 11110 11110101 11110 11011111 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Soldier Boy;
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