This is an analysis of the poem In Camp Before Philippsburg that begins with:

Without a bed we now sleep sound
And take our meals upon the ground;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXaccddeeffgghhiiXbaajjddkkeega
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011111 11110101 11010101 11000101 01110101 110001101 01011111 10110101 01010011 110100101 110101010 110100010 11010101 01011101 10010101 11010001 110111110 1101001110 01011101 10000101 010111110 10010101 11010001 01011101 110101100 101101010 11010111 11010101 11110001 01011101 11001101 10110001 011101110 110100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 215
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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