This is an analysis of the poem While Advocating To Establish This that begins with:

Those taught to attack,
The progress of their own kind......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaabXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 0110111 10100101 111011 10100010101 111 01000101010 1101000100 100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

  • summary of While Advocating To Establish This;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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