This is an analysis of the poem Wounded And Perceived Defeated that begins with:

No battle has ever been won,
Against a people armed......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdada bbedXedf abXagb XaddXbdX cX XXXebfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,6,8,2,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 010101 1010100 0010 1011010 1001 0101010 110110 010010 101010 100011 110011010 11011 010100 010 101001 01010010 1011000 10101 010110 0101 10 11110 11010 1 11010 1 1111 0100010101 000100 010 1101 10111 01010 11110 11100010 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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.

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  • summary of Wounded And Perceived Defeated;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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