This is an analysis of the poem Overcoming Adversaries that begins with:
Overcoming adversaries,
On paths just to tarry......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDC EEEFf EEEFAEeCGECF ABCDC CGECF CECFCECFXEEEFAEC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,12,5,5,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 111010 10010 101010010 0110101 100110001 11101 00110101 0010101010 11101 100110001 11101 00110101 0010101010 111011101 001 001 01000101010101 11 01 01000101010101 01010 10101010 111010 10010 101010010 0110101 01000101010101 11 01 01000101010101 01010 101010101001011 0001 101010101001011 01010 101010101001011 0001 101010101001011 01010 100110001 11101 00110101 0010101010 111011101 001 101010101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Overcoming Adversaries;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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