This is an analysis of the poem Those Who Have Been Victims that begins with:

Leave them to fight.
They will be clinging on to life......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCddcefggfeABCggegXXggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 10010101 101101 01001110110100 01100 1010010 11010010 00100101010 101010011 00111 0101010010 11101000001 1001 10010101 101101 1111010 011 01001111 00111011 100 1111001 0101011 1111110 10010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 727
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Those Who Have Been Victims;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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