This is an analysis of the poem Arnold Rode Behind that begins with:

WE galloped down the sodden track
Close buttoned 'gainst the wind;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBXB cded bXbf agdg chXh diei bhch iibi fbjb bXkX dBiB gaaa ibib bifi bheh hXbB dbib digi hkcX dheh hdhd cibi XhihXcbjb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110101 11010111 110101 01010101 110101 01011101 111101 11111111 110101 111101001 110101 11110101 110001 11011110 010101 11000101 111111 11010100 110101 11011101 110101 10111101 110101 11110111 010101 01110101 011111 11110101 111111 01111101 011101 110101011 110101 11111001 110111 11001111 110110 01010101 010111 11011101 110101 01111101 110101 11111101 110111 11000101 011011 01011101 010101 01110101 110101 11011101 011111 11111111 010111 01110111 011111 11111101 100101 01111101 1111110 11011111 110101 11110101 010101 11010101 110101 11110101 011101 11111111 010101 110101001 110101 111110101 010101 01110101 010101 11110101 110101 01111111 1100101 11111111 011001 11111101 010101 11011101 111101 11010111 100101 11001101 110001 11010111 111111 11010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, to, and, thirst, in, no, screen are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and, in, no, a, the, he are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, and, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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