This is an analysis of the poem To Missionary Skrefsrud In Santalistan that begins with:

I honor you, who, though refused, affronted,
Have heard the voice, and victory have won;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101010 1101110011 11011111010 1100011101 11011101110 1111010101 11011101010 1001011001 11111111010 0111010111 11111101110 1100011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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