This is an analysis of the poem The Young British Soldier that begins with:
When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East
'E acts like a babe an' 'e drinks like a beast,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabBBBc dddbb eeebb aaabb Xffbb fffbb fffbb gggbb hhhbb iiXbb cccbb aaabb jjjbBBBc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110011001 11101111101 111001101001 1111011010 1111010 1111010 1111010 110001 11110011001 11111111011 111101011111 010111010 1111010 11111101101 111111011111 11111011011 1011011010 1111010 101001100101 11001111101 101010101011 1010011010 1110010 101111001100 11111011101 011101011111 1111010010 1110010 011101101001 11101011111 01011011101 1011011010 1111010 10111011101 01101001001 11011011001 111011010 1111010 001111001101 01111011111 111111111101 1111010010 1110010 111010111001 11111101101 01011011011 110111010 1111010 11011011001 11101001111 11011111011 1111011010 1111010 11011011011 01101001001 11101011101 111010010 1110010 011001101011 01001001001 11101011111 111011010 1111010 111011101011 101011011101 11011011111 110111010 1111010 1111010 1111010 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; 'e, serve, as, soldier, you, fit, bad, fool, beer, 'nough, curse, front, fight, wait, and, go, your, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words serve, go are repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines soldier is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word soldier at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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