This is an analysis of the poem The Battle Of Life that begins with:

Up! and arm for life's struggle,
We shall conquer in the fight, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcded aXcXfgXg Xhhhfigi ahchfjcj bjcjgkak ebcbcidi ajajfhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 1110001 01111010 0010111 10101011 1011001 10100010 1010101 00110010 1111101 10100010 0111111 11100010 1010101 11101010 1010101 10100010 1011111 11111010 1010101 10100010 1010011 10100111 1110101 100101010 1111101 11101011 1011111 11101110 1111101 10101011 0110111 0010101 0010101 11111011 1010001 10001111 10000111 10001110 10000011 11111010 1110101 00101111 1000101 1101110 1111101 10111010 10001111 10101010 1110101 10011010 11101001 11001010 1010101 101001110 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; last is repeated.

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  • summary of The Battle Of Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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