This is an analysis of the poem Ride To Kandahar that begins with:

Then we brought the lances down--then the trumpets blew--
When we went to Kandahar, ridin' two an' two.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010110101 111010010111 101010111 1111110 1010100 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ra, two, ridin' are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines two is repeated).

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