This is an analysis of the poem Confronted By Those Who Assess that begins with:

Today...
Anyone attempting to take away, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABcDe Xceeb XdbXbdd aABcDaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01 1000100101 011101 01010101001 11100100101010 00101100000100 111111000101 011001110 01010101010 010111010100 11001010111 1010101010110111 01001011101 111100001010101 1111100110101 11011101010 0100110001111 1111101110010001 01 1000100101 011101 0101010100101 11100100101010 101101111011 01001110010010 1111011010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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