This is an analysis of the poem With A Stubbornness Affixed that begins with:

Some don't want this Earth for everyone.
With a doing to respect and share, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAACCdBefF eGEF ABAACCdBbeGEFaFXF HEHDHIHXHEHDHIH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,4,17,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101 001000111 011 111011101 110111 010001 1 1101 1 11101011001 00100011011 1 100010 0010001 00100011011 111011101 001000111 011 111011101 110111 010001 1 1101 0101 1 100010 0010001 00100011011 1011 00100011011 111111 00100011011 1110 11101011101 1110 101000100 1110 1010010111 11011111 1110 11101011101 1110 101000100 1110 1010010111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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, and are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same words leave, roams at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of With A Stubbornness Affixed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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