This is an analysis of Red by Leon Gellert.
Place that bayonet in my hand,
And fill this pouch with lead;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXaa bccbc deXde fgfg
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,4,
- Metre: 11101011 110101 1101111111 1 111 10110111 1100111 111111111 001 001 100100101 1101101 111111111 11 101 10100101 0110111 11111110111 001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 19
Repeated words/phrases
and, me