This is an analysis of the poem One Nelson Mandela that begins with:
One man dedicated with a strength of faith,
Sacrificing his life and beliefs for what it takes......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFGFC cdddd XcabdXABCDEFGFC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11100000101 1010011011101 01001001101 001001001010 01010001001110 0110100100010 110101 0110101100010 10110001001 1101101001101 01010111 001010 1011000011110 010101001011010 110110001001001 00111100100101 01010100101101001 1010101001101 1001100100001 11100000101 1010011011101 01001001101 001001001010 01010001001110 0110100100010 110101 0110101100010 10110001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; of, to are repeated.
The author used the same word one at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of One Nelson Mandela;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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