This is an analysis of the poem Bathed In War's Perfume that begins with:
BATHED in war's perfume--delicate flag!
(Should the days needing armies, needing fleets, come again)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabXbba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011001 1011010101101 101110101010110 10010 10101100101001101 1101 10111110001101 10111011010101 1101010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 445
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; o, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word o is repeated.
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