This is an analysis of the poem With No Regrets That Can Take My Breath that begins with:

Oh...
I am a fighter! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaXcd eEFfX DCDGE GDCD aBEF GDCDE aBE bEehXbHfHHfH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,5,4,4,5,3,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11010 000101101 10110111 111 101110101 11111010 10111101 11 001001100 11 1101011111 110111101 1101010111 1101010110 01111101 1101010110 1101010111 110111101 1101011111 1 11010 10111101 11 1101010110 1101010111 110111101 1101011111 01111101 1 11010 1010011101 11111110 1010011101 1010011101 00111111 111111010 010111111 01 010111111 010111111 01 010111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, i've, away, turned, from, and, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, with are repeated.

    The author used the same words i've, oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines upset, breath are repeated).

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

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  • summary of With No Regrets That Can Take My Breath;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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