Analysis of After Combat
Alfred Lichtenstein 1889 – 1914
In the sky the howitzers no longer explode,
The cannoneers rest next to their guns.
The infantry pitch tents now,
And the pale moon slowly rises.
On yellow fields in red trousers, the French are ablaze,
Ashen pale from death and powder.
Among them German medics squat.
The day becomes grayer, its sun redder.
Field kitchens steam. Towns are put to the torch.
Broken carts stand at roadsides.
Panting cyclists, hot and tanned, loiter
At a scorched wooden fence.
And orderlies are already moving
From regiment to division.
Scheme | ABCDEFGFHIFJKL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001010011001 0111111 0100111 00111010 1101011001101 10111010 01110101 0101101110 1101111101 101111 1010010110 101101 01101010 11001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 510 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 416 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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