This is an analysis of the poem Ashes Of Soldiers that begins with:
Again a verse for sake of you,
You soldiers in the ranks- you Volunteers,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb bdXb beXbXfX XbXghb gXcb hhhXihb dd dbi ceb Xbe ibh ffXXgab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,6,4,7,2,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 1100011101 11010101 010101 10010 11110101000101 1011010101111 101001010 10011110 0110010010 001010110101101 01001001010010011 010101011101111 10111 110010111 11111100 110101100010110010 010111011001111 1110 1101110111111 0101001 11101011011 101101001110010110 100 100101110101111 10101101011010 101 010011111011011 101 0101101010110101 110101101001011 10 1011010110110101 11111 100101 010000111011010 101101011111 1101010010110100 1010 111110101101 101110101111 110110111111 010101101010010 011111110101 1101010001110 100101001100101 0111110 1110010110 1111111001001100 1110011010 11011010101110101001 101001110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, from, or, and, my, nor, sweet, love, all, them, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, my, nor, perfume are repeated.
The author used the same word perfume at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Ashes Of Soldiers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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