This is an analysis of the poem Safe Conduct that begins with:

There isn't any danger in the kindly things you say,
There isn't any sorrow in the fine and manly deed,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dede fefe gaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010100010111 10010100011101 11010111010001 11110101110101 10010100010111 01010001010101 11110101010001 1100011011100100 001010101011111 010101010100111 01010101111111 01110011110101 11011100010101 11011101010111 11011101010101 10000101010101 01001101101100 01010101110011 01011100011101 11010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, and, us, most, our, we are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Safe Conduct;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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