This is an analysis of the poem Stubbornly Affixed that begins with:

An exhausted horse,
Began to show signs of weakness......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdee eeXee abdXfa ecgXhXfecd beddXXhdf dchgicihhXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,10,9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 01011010 001 11110 0101 110101 1010001 011110 101011 11110101 110010 0010001011 10100101001 1100100101 10101011 10110100101010 10111 11101 101001110 10100101 01010 0010101 0111 110 11111101 10101 1011111 011001 1111 100110111 0101111 1111101110 1011 01111101 010101010101 110110101 01010001 11000111011 101001 01011011 0011101010 010 10110101 011100101 0111101010 00110000101 0101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • 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:

    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 Stubbornly Affixed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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