This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of A Soldier that begins with:

Life contracts and death is expected,
As in season of autumn....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab XcX XadXbdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110010 1010010 0101 11101011100 01001010 1011 101011010100 10010010 1011 1011110010 0111001 01010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Death Of A Soldier;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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