This is an analysis of the poem Accustomed To Opposition that begins with:
I've grown accustomed to opposition.
As well as foolish maneuvers....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXa bXXb cbdaXcaX AdXaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,8,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001010 11110010 11110010101110 101010100111101 110111011 10111 0010001 110010100 111010111 111100101 0010101 1 1011100100101 11111011011010100 0111010101 1101001010 1111 111001011010011 110100010001011 1010111011011 111100100010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; those, to, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Accustomed To Opposition;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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