This is an analysis of the poem Character Of The Happy Warrior that begins with:

. Who is the happy Warrior? Who is he
That every man in arms should wish to be?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbbbbbccddcccedXfbbfgddggffhhbbffiidejjbbhhkkggiiiilliiggffamnnaambbccaabbXoojjfffaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 85,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10010100101 11001011100 00010010111 010101111 0101110101 1110011101 1101011111 10010010001 110101010001 0110011111 1101010011 1101010001 1111110001 10010001001 01011101010 1011010101 010110100100 01110011001 11011101001 0101010100 010010101 1101011101 11001101011 1101110001 11010100101 1101010100 1111010101 0111110101 1001111101 0101010111 1101001101 1101010101 1100100111 01010010111 1011010001 1011011101 110011101 10010101010 1101011001 1100010001 1111111101 1111011101 1111011111 11001001111 11011100101 1101010101 01010000101 1101010101 11010011011 1100111101 0101010101 01010101010 1101010101 0101111111 1011010101 1100010001 1111011001 1100111100 0101110101 01001010101 11001100010 1101110100 0001010001 1110111101 1100011101 01001000101 1110000100 1000110011 10010100111 1001010111 1111110101 1101110101 1101010001 1110110111 1100010001 0101010110 1101011101 1101010111 1111010101 1101010001 1100011001 11010101001 01010001001 00010100001 11001011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3745
  • Average number of words per stanza: 643
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, more, he, to, and, or, in are repeated.

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

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