This is an analysis of the poem As If They Had Sacrificed that begins with:

Very seldom are those known,
To have championed effective causes......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccaXXbXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 0110001010 101100010 11001010001 10000001010101 0011101010 1010111010110 101000100100 1010100010011 101110010 001001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 470
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of As If They Had Sacrificed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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