This is an analysis of the poem There Are Winners Selected that begins with:

There are winners selected.
And chosen as elected by those who perceive, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXccd bdadec eX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110010 110101011101 1101110 1010111 1111 1001010011 1011001000100 01011001001110 1011110010 01010001010001 010000101 1101100111101 10111 110101010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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