This is an analysis of the poem The Poet As Hero that begins with:

You've heard me, scornful, harsh, and discontented,
Mocking and loathing War: you've asked me why ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeaeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 11110111010 1011011111 01110101010 1100101101 1101111101 1001010111 1011111101 1101010001 1111010101 1111010111 1111010111 1111101111 1111110111 1101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.

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