This is an analysis of the poem Bivouac On A Mountain Side that begins with:

I see before me now a traveling army halting,
Below a fertile valley spread, with barns and the orchards of summer, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101001010 01001101011010010 010101001001010101 1001010100111001 01001101011110111010 01001011101011100 11010101111011010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 512
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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 word the is repeated.

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