This is an analysis of the poem At Strife that begins with:

Hated are we, and driven from our homes,
Tortured and persecuted, even to blood;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb bdcd deXf ghfh dcic XhXh bjej biaiXgfgf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011110011 10110101001 11001011101 0100111111 1111110101 1011110011 0110011101 1101010011 1101010011 1101011100 1101010001 1111110111 01110101010 1111011101 1111011001 1001010011 1101010001 1100010101 0101011101 1101110101 0101110111 0111011100 11110110101 1001110101 0101011001 1101011101 1001110100 0111011101 0111110101 0111011111 1111011101 0101011001 1101110101 1011110111 1111010111 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, we, of, on are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, a are repeated.

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  • summary of At Strife;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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