This is an analysis of the poem Foreign Missions In Battle Array that begins with:

An endless line of splendor,
These troops with heaven for home, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdcac eaeafeae fgcgdhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 1101011 0111010 001101 1001010 010111 1101010 111101 1001010 1001010 1001010 0101010 11100100 111101 0101010 011101 1001010 010111 0111010 010101 0011010 111111 1001010 011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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

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