This is an analysis of the poem In The Hopes To Sway Choices Yet Made that begins with:

Only those who rally,
With the keeping of polls and tallies......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 001001110 001011011 001111110100 0101110111100 010101001100111 10010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of In The Hopes To Sway Choices Yet Made;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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