This is an analysis of the poem Courage that begins with:
It is in the small things we see it.
The child's first step, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcccadeedfa gXghahijkhkXb gidgacXXajlf gdldXgaila
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,12,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 000011110 0111 1101111 0111101 1001011 0110111 11010101 1111110 11110110 111001100 11110 1010 10 0110101110 101100010 100010010 1011 10110010011 1011 1101011 111100 011011 11010110 10101110 01111101101 10 011010101 110001 1000100010 1001111 11001101 1111110110 110011 1111000010 11001101 010010010 1101 10 1111110100010 110010100101 1010001110 11101001001 111000100 110110 1110011 11111010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; or, you, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, and are repeated.
The author used the same word later at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Courage;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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