This is an analysis of the poem Underdogs that begins with:
A presence that becomes too familiar,
With a stamina that is determined to stay strong......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101011010 0010010010011 001111010100 10110111101 110010100101 0110100111 00100011100 11010101010001 0101111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 433
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, to are repeated.
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- summary of Underdogs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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