This is an analysis of the poem Winner Takes All that begins with:
Insignificant and trivial wars fought.
As if somewhere in the Universe......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb bcca bXabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100110011 101100101 1001010 00010110100 1001010 01010101011 10010010100110 10000101000 111000000100 01011 01 001001001 110100100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Winner Takes All;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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