This is an analysis of the poem Defying The Odds that begins with:
Defying the odds.
Winning to get attention, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCA DBEF ABCA aXff DBEFXABCA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001 1001010 10101001 011010101 1110011 101001010 100100101 1111111 01001 1001010 10101001 011010101 11110 01101001 011010 101001100101 1110011 101001010 100100101 1111111 01001 1001010 10101001 011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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