This is an analysis of the poem The Casterbridge Captains that begins with:
THREE captains went to Indian wars,
And only one returned:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb deXe adeX XfXf bccc agXgXffff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101001 110101 11011101 010111 111101010 0110001 01110100 111101 01110101 110101 010110101 1100100 1010111010 100101 100101001 110101 111111001 110101 010111011 111101 11110001 011101 11000100 110101 01010001 110101 01010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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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