This is an analysis of the poem Pushed Off The Track that begins with:

I feel all my battles,
Are gone....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBbbcBbb dBEaBX CBEDCF CBEDCF cBbbEbbbXcbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 11 1 1 10010111 01 1 1 01010 01 11011 1101 11 1 01010 11 11101 100101010 010011 011001 01010 11 11101 100101010 010011 011001 110010111 01 1 1 11011 111011 1 1 1110110 11 1 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; gone, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words gone, and, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word mistakes 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 word/phrase gone connects the lines.

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  • summary of Pushed Off The Track;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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