This is an analysis of the poem The General that begins with:
‘Good-morning; good-morning!’ the General said
When we met him last week on our way to the line. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc Xc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001001001 111111111001 101011111011 101001101001 101011101001 111101001011 110101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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