This is an analysis of the poem Endure Through Opposition that begins with:

What is it that time has allowed me to admit?
With an acknowledgement of it I could not deny, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXXXd bcXaccdcXAcAba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100111011001 0101000011101 1001111 110010001001001 1011111 01001101110001 10100010010100 110101111011110 111101010001 11010111010001 01010011111101001 11001111110101001 10101000111001101 001101000100010 11001100000111010 01000100101010010 01110100101001 011101010110010 01110100101001 011101000101 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 353
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, have, endure, opposition, through are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word endure is repeated.

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