This is an analysis of the poem We Continue To Protest that begins with:

We continue to protest against,
A doing to not accept......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAB aXcdbbe AAB ddaacb faaXba aaXafXd aeadbdgghhXafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,3,6,6,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000101 0100101 1001001 11010001 110100001 11110 001100010101 0001000011 11011101 000101 101000101 0100101 1001001 101101 0010101001 100100101011100 110010110001 010111110 01000010010010100 1100011100010 1010101 101001 0111010111110 1001 10110010 11 11101000101 1010010 01110010 10101000100 10100010 00100101 1010001 110101 0101011111 001011011101 10101011000 110001 101010011101 100110010001 001001001011 0111110101 111010010001 11101 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of We Continue To Protest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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