This is an analysis of the poem The French Army In Russia, 1812-13 that begins with:
HUMANITY, delighting to behold
A fond reflection of her own decay,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccdadacc eeffaaghhagaa aaaaXaeeaaXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100010001 0101000101 11010101001 1101110101 01010101001 1101000111 1001010101 1101010001 0101000101 1001010101 1101010101 1101000111 1101110101 1011110101 1110010001 1101100101 11111111001 1111110101 1101010101 11010011001 1111110001 1001010101 11010011101 1101110001 110111110101 1010101 1101010001 10010010111 1111010001 1101110110 100101 110010101 11010101001 01010010011 1101101101 10011110110 1101010111 0101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 529
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; their, as, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, no are repeated.
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