This is an analysis of The American Soldier by Philip Freneau.
Deep in a vale, a stranger now to arms,
Too poor to shine in courts, too proud to beg,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac Xdad cece
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1001010101 1101011101 11110110001 11010011101 01001010101 0101110101 1101011111 100010110001 1101110101 1001111101 01010101010 0111010111 1111111101 1101000111 11001110101 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
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