This is an analysis of the poem The Next War that begins with:

The long war had ended.
Its miseries had grown faded. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXacddebbbeaadXfXXbca ebeghhcXeaggX eadfcgXge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,13,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110 01001110 1101100010 10011 1100 110101001 11100 111010 10 110111 0111 10110 0111 1011001 110 11 1111000101 1010101001 111 0111 11110101010 10100110 110 111 11110001 010101 1101010 011 11100100010 0100010 11110 10101 1011111 001010 111001001010 11110 1110110 101000001 01011001 001 11101 11100 1110101 011011101 1010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 385
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Next War;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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