This is an analysis of the poem On A Soldier Fallen In The Philippines that begins with:

Streets of the roaring town,
Hush for him, hus, be still! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacbaa bdbdefefgg hihidhdijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 111101 1111101 1001010 111101 110101 010111 110101 1110110101010101 111101011110101 110111 1010101 0110101 1010101 111101 111110 10101 1011111 111001011011110 10011011011010111 0110101 1110111 110101 1111101 1111001 010111 1010101 0010111 11101101011100101 100100101111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 389
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; his, him, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.

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