This is an analysis of the poem Valenciennes that begins with:

By Corporal Tullidge. See "The Trumpet-Major"
In Memory of S. C. (Pensioner). Died 184-... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aXaX XbcX dddX dXdX bXbX cXcX eeeX fXfX aaaX gbgX eeeX dbdX aaaX ebeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1100101110100 010001110011 110110011 10110101010 10010111 011100 10011101 0111110101 01010111 110100 01011001 1111011101 11110101 101100 11111101 010011100 11011101 101100 11111101 101101110 111011001 111100 00011001 0101011101 11011101 1101100 1110101 0111011011 11010111 111100 11110101 111111111 110110101 111100 101110101 1101111101 011100101 111100 11111111 1111110101 110111001 111100 11010101 1111110111 11111101 111100 11011101 10111101101 10111111 011100 11111111 1111111111 11110111 111100 11010101 01010111000 01011101 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o', n, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word n at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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