This is an analysis of the poem The Soul Of The Anzac that begins with:

THE form that was mine was brown and hard,
And thewed and muscled, and tall and straight;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdcdcaaefefggbhbhaaijijddbcbckklblbbbamamffhehennieiebbcbcbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 66,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011111111 1101101111 1100100101 1100110111 1100110111 110111111 11100110111 11100110101 1101110101 110110111 110100101 1011110101 011110111 110100101 111001111001 110011101 110111101 1011100101 110011001 11111101001 1011111101 1101001001 110111101 1010110101 1111110111 111110101 110100101 110111111 11111111 011111101 110111111 1010110101 011100101 110100101 111101111 110101101 111010101 111110111 110101111 111011111 1010110111 10101110101 1101101110 10110111111 11111011011 01011111001 11101111001 11111101001 1111110101 1111011001 111101111 010100111 1101111111 110100101 111110001 0111111001 1010100101 111100101 11110111 11110101 111111111 110100101 1010110101 101110111 1010110101 1011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2812
  • Average number of words per stanza: 555
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, it, loved, sweet, how, love, you are repeated.

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

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

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