This is an analysis of the poem Battalion-Relief that begins with:
‘FALL in! Now get a move on.’ (Curse the rain.)
We splash away along the straggling village, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXaaa bcdcdee efefeggg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011011101 11010101010 1001110101 11110111110 1001010101 1001010101 1101110111 10001011101 1111010101 011010101010 0101011101 11010101010 11010111010 1010101001110 010110111101 1101011111 10110011001 1011010101 01010011110 1111110101 1111010111 1111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Battalion-Relief;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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