This is an analysis of the poem Cowards that begins with:

In the deep circle of Siddim hast thou seen,
Under the shining skies of Palestine,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaXbcXXXdaXaXXbdadadaXddXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00110010111 1001010101 010010001011 11110100010 01010100101 11010011001 1101001001 1001110010 0011000100 11001010111 1001010101 0111010010 11100100101 01110 11011 01110011000 0100010101 1001110000 0111001111 1111000101 11010010100 0101000110 1001100101 01010011010 01010110110 1101010101 1101001101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 193
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, its are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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  • summary of Cowards;
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