This is an analysis of the poem Our Need To Conquer that begins with:
It is not the increase,
Of tragedies released upon others....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcXdbdbcX caabefeaXf bXeegccaXae XgcabXbg abaceXeXAfAeed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,11,8,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001001 0100010110 101 111111 0100010101 010001110 1101 0101110010 0100011011 110010010 11010010 00101010010 101010 111001 1101010100 10011001 01010111 101100101011 0110 0101101100 101001 01001 00101101 00100010 10110100101 10100001 11010101 111010010101 0111010011 0101001101 011001 11100010 11111 1101111010 010101101 10001101 111010101 01011100011 101011001 10101010 111001001 110 001011001000 10010010 0111101 1101001110 1010001 010010 111010101001 010010 01111001 01000 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases enemies, youth connect the lines.
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- summary of Our Need To Conquer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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