This is an analysis of the poem Conscientious Objector that begins with:
I shall die, but
that is all that I shall do for Death....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcXdbaXe eXceab XXXcdaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 101111111 11110011001 110101011 10011110010 10001010101010 11011010 111001 1111101 10111011 111110001 1011111011 001111101111 0111001 1111101111111 1111011 101110100011 10110010 111011 101110101011 11010010010 111010101 100111010110 11011011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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, he, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Conscientious Objector;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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