This is an analysis of the poem The Disinterred Warrior that begins with:

Gather him to his grave again,
And solemnly and softly lay,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgege chcheded gcgcbfbf aiaiajaj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10100101 11001101 01010001 01010101 101100101 01001101 11010001 110101001 011101001 11000101 11110101 11111101 101100101 01110101 11011101 01010101 11110001 11010101 10010001 01010111 010010101 010011001 11110111 11010111 11010101 10110101 01000111 00110001 11011101 10010101 01110101 01111001 01011111 01110111 11111101 11110101 11011111 01111101 11010111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, their, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the are repeated.

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  • summary of The Disinterred Warrior;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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