This is an analysis of the poem Discreet Rolled Up Sleeves (Under Siege) that begins with:
Under siege.
Standards to value....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbAXccc AdebdfbXghbgeAdg XX Xf X cg X Xb cchbhbbX g X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,16,2,2,1,2,1,2,8,1,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 10010 11001 101 1101 1011 1101 0111101 101 11101 101111 101010 0101101 1011000010 001001 100 01011 11001 111011101 010011010 11110010110 101 1111101001 11101100101 1 11111 11 11111110 11001011 111101 0101 1111 111010 10110110 111 11001 111001 11001001 001101 11110 0011111 01010010000010 010001101 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i 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 under at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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