This is an analysis of the poem Drenched In Defense that begins with:
Drenched in defense,
And......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcdcccefg eBeHBFeXbXaegicca eBeHBF AbAAbC eBefabAAbCAbdd AAAI AAAI AAAI AAAIXAciAc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,17,6,6,14,4,4,4,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 1 1001 10001 0101001 1010101 11011 010010111 11111101 01010100 01 10110001 01 1010010 101010 1111010 01 110100 010101 0001110 11100 1101 111010 011111 11000101 010101 0100010 01 10110001 01 1010010 101010 1111010 1001 1 101010101 11001 1 10011100 01 10110001 01 10101 001001 1 101010101 11001 1 10011100 11001 1 10011001 01010101 1001 1010101010 1001 1010001010 1001 1010101010 1001 1010001010 1001 1010101010 1001 1010001010 1001 1010101010 1001 1010001010 1001 11110 01010 1001 11110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
The author used the same words today, drenched at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word epidemic at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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