This is an analysis of The Man In Gray by Madison Julius Cawein.

Again, in dreams, the veteran hears
The bugle and the drum;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababab cdcd X efefefef egeg X hdhdhdhd ibib
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,1,8,4,1,8,4,
  • Metre: 010101001 010101 01010101 010101 01110111 010111 110001110 101101 11011111011111 11111111010101 01010100010101 01111111111011 1 01011111 01101 01110111 010101 1100111 011111 110000011 101111 01000101011111 00011101011101 01010101111001 10010111010101 1 01011101 010101 010111011 011101 01110101 111111 10011101 010001 10011111111111 110101000111111 01110101100111 11010011010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 38

Repeated words/phrases

again, as, vats, who

Anaphora

again, o