This is an analysis of the poem Victims Of Stubbornness that begins with:

Victims of stubbornness,
Have chosen their places....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcbabcdc ceeadddbcbd X edXdafde X dXXadaeefX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,1,8,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100 110110 0010100 0011101 0101010 01111010 0100101001 01101010 0010010 10010101 1010001101010 1010100001010 11010100001 10010111111 011111110 110101010000010 00101101010 11101101 101001010101 10100111001001 1001010101 1001001000111 111010110 11101011 1101100101 0101101 101001010001 0010 11101111111 01000111001100 101010101100 11010111000 0 111111101101 111101 1011111 10001001001 001001 0100111100 010101110111 11010 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Victims Of Stubbornness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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