This is an analysis of the poem The Abnormal Is Not Courage that begins with:

The Poles rode out from Warsaw against the German
Tanks on horses. Rode knowing, in sunlight, with sabers, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaaddXbdccefXfXeXfXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101101010 1110110011010 0101010101111 110101101110 01001011010010 11100011101 01010010111011 01011110010010 1010011010110 01011001011010 00110101010001 101000110110 10100110100010010 11010110001100 010001010011 10100111010100 01101110010 0110101010010 10010011010010 1011010010010 1001011011 00010100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 196
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; say, not, courage, but are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, the are repeated.

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  • summary of The Abnormal Is Not Courage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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