This is an analysis of the poem Held Up High With Pride that begins with:
It takes more,
Than a holding of one's head......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXXba XXabXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 011 1010011 11101 0010101000 01010110110 1101011 00100100101 110000101 10010101 01110100 11110111 1101110101 0110111011 11010011110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to is repeated.
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- summary of Held Up High With Pride;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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