This is an analysis of the poem Neighbors Arming Themselves that begins with:

Is it worth it to create distant conflicts,
With a purpose to insist......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcabbXXccccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 00100011010 0010001 10100101101 01101010 111001 011010101 1011001001001 1110101010 1101100011010 11011010110 0100011101001 00101111010010 1001111001001 10010100110101 0100110100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 701
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Neighbors Arming Themselves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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