This is an analysis of the poem I'm Nothing but a Plain Old Soldier that begins with:
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaBcbcBDBBBXaXaBAXebeBADBBBDBBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110110111 111110101 1110110110101 11110111 1110110110101 111110001 1011010010011 11110111 101010010 111110111 1011110011101 11110111 1 1011010110101 00111101110 1011010110101 11110111 1011 1 1011010010101 1011010101 1011010010101 11110111 1011 101010010 111110111 1011110011101 11110111 101010010 111110111 1011110011101 11110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1330
- Average number of words per stanza: 251
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, hard, times are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'tis is repeated.
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- summary of I'm Nothing but a Plain Old Soldier;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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