This is an analysis of the poem It Takes Courage that begins with:
It takes strength to be firm, it takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to conquer, it takes courage to surrender....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabb XbaX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01100101100010 01101001100010 01100100110011 0110100110011 01101011011001111 011001010110010 01101010110011010 011010110001 011001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, to, takes, strength, courage, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of It Takes Courage;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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