This is an analysis of the poem The Soldier’s Death that begins with:
The day was o’er, and in their tent the weaned victors met,
In wine and social gaiety the carnage to forget....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ddcc bbdd eecc ffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0111101101101 0111010010001 010111001010101 11111101110101 11110001110101 0100101010100101 11010101110001 01110111010001 01010111011101 01110101011101 10111101110101 11110101111101 11111111011101 01010100010101 11010101011101 11011101101101 01010101010111 11010101010111 11010101011001 11011101100111 11011111110101 11010011010101 11111111110101 0101010010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, s are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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