This is an analysis of the poem Defenseless Against Critics that begins with:
As long as your stature remains credible,
I will defend you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCA dedBb ddeee ABBCA fXfgeXcbegd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111001100 10011 11011 011 000100 1111010111 0101001 1010000100011 10011 1110101110001 111110110111 111101000111 1100111011 01101 011110100011 11111001100 10011 11011 011 000100 1010011011 100111 00101 0111010111010 1110 110111111 11101 0100110 0011010 10011110100100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; i, to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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