This is an analysis of the poem They'Ve Chosen To Be Winners that begins with:

Picking up those pieces from a running done.
Now taking time when before they gave none....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABcd dad ccX dECeCeCF eCeCECF AABd dECeCECF eCeCECFXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,3,8,7,4,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111000101 1101101111 1110101 011001 101 10001000101 01110 111011 0111010001 01010101 01101110 1 1100010 011001 10 011001 10 011001 010110100 11100010 011001 10 011001 110 011001 010110100 10111000101 1101101111 1110101 011001101 1 1100010 011001 10 011001 110 011001 010110100 1110 011001 10 011001 110 011001 010110100 011101111 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of They'Ve Chosen To Be Winners;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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