This is an analysis of the poem At Carnoy that begins with:

Down in the hollow there’s the whole Brigade
Camped in four groups: through twilight falling slow ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaba X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010100101 1011111101 1101011011 11001010111 1011011101 0011011111 1110010111 011111111 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of At Carnoy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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