This is an analysis of the poem If Pride Was Felt Inside To Feel that begins with:

If pride was felt inside to feel it...
It would be shown....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB cXc cbdbDEfe ABBafabbDeEXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101010 0101 101101 011100110100 110100 111101100 1110100 01101110 1010101 01 01 101010 101110 100010 011101010 0101 101101 1 1110 10001 11101110 01 01 1 101010 1011 1000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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.

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  • summary of If Pride Was Felt Inside To Feel;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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