This is an analysis of the poem Hush'D Be The Camps To-Day that begins with:

HUSH'D be the camps to-day;
And, soldiers, let us drape our war-worn weapons;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX dda XcX Xdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 11011111110 110101010101 110101 111111010 1100101111101 1011010101 1110011 1001111011100110 10 111001011 1111010101111 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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