This is an analysis of the poem No Surrender that begins with:

Souls of the strong, whose glory lives for aye,
Whose names are stars on unforgotten fields,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc dedefXfX ggggagaX fhXhfXfX gagX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110111 1111110001 11100100101 0111 11010100101 1011110101 11110111000 1001 110101 110111 110101 111011 110101 1001111 101011 110101 111101 111101 1001101 010011 110101 100111 111111 111101 110101 111101 111100 110101 111111 110101 100111 001101 1101101001 1001011111 1001010101 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; life, to are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of No Surrender;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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