This is an analysis of the poem Strickened With Conviction that begins with:

Strickened with conviction,
Helps to replace......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdX ABC BcEE BFCAA ABde ABE ABC BcEE BFCAA ABE ABC ACE ABcXACE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,4,5,4,3,3,4,5,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000010 1001 111010001 101110 101001 1000010 1001 1010101010111 10101 10111 1010101 1011101 10101 101010 001010 01010001 1001111 101000010 1101 01010111 110111 11000010 1101 0111001101101 101000010 1001 1010101010111 10101 10101 1010101 1011101 10101 101010 001010 01010001 1001111 101000010 1101 0111001101101 1000010 1001 1010101010111 11000010 10101 0101000111101 101000010 1001 1010101010111 11000010 10101 0101000111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word strickened at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Strickened With Conviction;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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