This is an analysis of the poem Humbling Those Who Are Most Defiant that begins with:

Anyone wishing to enforce their beliefs,
With a flaunting done insisting their point of view...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaXaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010001101 001010101101 0010010100 1100010001 1010101010 1 1111 0011100110111 10101001111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, to are repeated.

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