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

Saint Peter sat at the jasper gate,
When Stephen M. White arrived in state.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cX dX bb dd Xa ee ee ff aX cc dX aa gg hh bb XX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110101 110110101 1011100101 100110111 11011101 110111011 11010111 11011111 11011101 010010011 110000101 01111111 110111010 110100101 01110101 01000101 11010101 110101101 110100101 01001101 11001111 11011011 01011111 111011101 100010111 11111101 110101001 010100101 11110101 11010001 010100110 010101010 11010101 010100001 010101101 11111000 110100010 110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, ', i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Unarmed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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