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

GOLIATH was a giant, the bully of his side,
His coat of mail was brazen, his face was ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc aaXabded cbXbceX bXbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010010001 0101110011 101 110101001011 1 0101010011001 110101001111 1 101110100010 111 110101011011 1 1111001011100 1 111111010101 01 110101011101 01 01010101011101 10100101101000 1 11010101010101 10101011111 101 10101010001010 1 1101010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of are repeated.

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  • summary of The Two Goliaths;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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