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

To sin by silence, when we should protest,
Makes cowards out of men. The human race... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaXbdccefgfhf acXifeihcdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111011101 1101010101 1110111101 0101010011 0101011101 11000011101 0111111101 0101010111 11010001111 1111011111 1001000101 1100010101 0100010101 1101011101 0101110101 1111010101 0101000101 1111111101 1111111101 0101001101 1101010111 0101011101 0101010101 1101000101 1101010111 1001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 547
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word call is repeated.

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

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