This is an analysis of the poem Comfortable With Defeat that begins with:
Those accepting a challenge,
Without knowing who against they compete....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXabX X c XcbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,1,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010 0110101101 1010001 110100010 110111000001 11111001000 1101000101001 10011 11 111 11110001 1011111010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Comfortable With Defeat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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