This is an analysis of the poem Arms And The Man that begins with:

Young Croesus went to pay his call
On Colonel Sawbones, Caxton Hall: ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddeef fggff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110100101 110111110 111101010 01011111 11011101 010101101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11001101 11110111 11111101 10011101 1011101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; his is repeated.

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