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

It is not always to the strong
Victorious battle shall belong.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc dXccee ccffeeXgddhhhhii ggjjffddkk eeddgXddiijjeedd ffffllmX ddccjjkkccfX eeddaaeeeennnX ddkkjjddddooffXXfX ppggcciiiiffXmddddjX Xcceekkdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,16,10,16,8,12,14,18,20,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111001 010010101 01010111 10010001 10011001 101001 0110101 111010 10010111 11011101 11110101 11100101 11010101 10110101 1101100 1010101 10110101 1111011 110110010 1111111 1001001 11110111 01010101 11010101 01100101 010011101 01110101 111111001 11010111 01011111 01010101 10111101 10010101 11110001 11011001 010010101 01110101 01010101 1010001 1001101 10011101 11100101 11011101 1011010010 010101001 1011101 1110101 11100111 01010111 01000101 01111101 01111101 11110001 001000101 11110101 11001101 11010110 1010101 01011001 11111101 0101101 111101010 01010111 01010101 01011111 11001111 11111011 01011111 10111111 10010011 11111111 00100011 10010111 11010101 11010101 0111111 011101111 11010001 010010001 10011101 00010101 01011011 11010001 01000101 1010101 11011101 110101101 01001101 1010101 10110101 11010101 1000101 11010101 01001101 11011101 11111001 1111111 01110001 10010001 00111101 00110111 010010101 01010110 01110111 11010100 0010101 1001011 010111001 1000111 11110101 10010111 1110101 01110111 0110111 01111001 10110100 00110011 011110101 11011001 01010101 110010101 11010111 01010111 11010101 11000111 11010111 11011101 11000111 10010101 01010101 0111111 00010101 10010111 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 414
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 144
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; to, of, his, thou, he, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, his, the 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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