This is an analysis of the poem The Victor that begins with:

A fierce, gray wind blows out of the north,
And the ghosts go forth in pairs. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abAb cdcd efef egeg hXhf ieie ihih jfjf akAk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 011111001 1011101 010100101 10101101 010100101 1100101 010100101 1100111 111100101 1111011 111100101 1101001 111100101 1110101 110111101 0010101 111000101 1010110 111101111 0010101 110111111 1100101 111101101 0010101 010100101 1110101 111110101 1101101 111010101 1110101 111110101 1100101 110111001 1011101 010100101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Victor;
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  • history of its creation;
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