This is an analysis of the poem How Is A Protection Done? that begins with:

How is a protection done,
When what is being defended...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcdee bXfeb ddcgch AcceeXfg AceX ihbXbXAai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,6,8,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000101 11010010 001001001 1001 11011 1001001100 0101010 0111010 110010111 100 0101111110 1110011 0110110111 101110101 010110 10100101 1011011 1000101 101010 0110 100100010100 11110100 1101 00100100101 0110 1000101 1010110 1001001 10101011 10001010100 010100101 001101 1010111 0100011001 1000101 110101010 10100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; of is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of How Is A Protection Done?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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