This is an analysis of the poem Courage that begins with:
Courage is the strength to stand up
When it's easier to fall down and lose hold....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa Xa Xb ab ac Xc aa Xa ad Xd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001011 10100011111 0000100011010 101000011101 100001000110100 10100010101 00101010111010 10100011010111 100000111 10100011111011 00010101101101 1010001011011 100010011011 10100010011111 000101101110010 10100010101 0010010010 011101 100010 0111011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Courage;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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