This is an analysis of the poem Unwilling To Sacrifice that begins with:

Deluged and soaking in God's wet sweat,
Are those seeking with wishes......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccXX aXXXdXceeXb CbaCaeCdedXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100111 1110010 1100110 01011101101 100010111 001001 11111001001 0110010 00101101110 11 1111000 00011 1111000 110111010 1111000 1101001001001 0111010 111110010 01111 001001 0111 1011001010100 0110111111 0111 1010100111 010011110100 0111 01010011 1110101 10100101 11111001110 01110011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

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  • summary of Unwilling To Sacrifice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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