This is an analysis of the poem A Battle Going On In Their Own Backyards that begins with:
The only ones that can see what does not exist,
And prevent others from succeeding......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabbc bdedXe cdbdXbXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010111111101 101100010 001001010101 00101110010010 101011001001 010110101111 10110110 1010101111 1010111010 01001110101 101010000110001 110101010000010 10010000100100101 00110101111101 1100100111010010 0010101010 10101110001001 001010101111 01000010101010100 1111001010001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; of, as, and, with are repeated.
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