This is an analysis of the poem Sitting To Reminsce Their Victories that begins with:

Seldom are those pro-active,
Sitting to reminsce......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdcbbedXXaXaffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011110 10010 110010 1001010101 1011101010 1111001001 101111001 100111111 11011110010 101011010010 110111 11111010 1001110 10010010111 101001 011010011 1010001001 001011100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 666
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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