This is an analysis of the poem You Can Plead A Defeating If You Wish that begins with:
Keep up your pace steady.
If you've made claims to be ready....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABCD eXded FGHH hhX FGHH AABCD XgccgXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,3,4,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111110 01110010 1101001 01101 1011101 01010010101 11000111 0101010011 01011101 0110100101 1110010011 11111010100 11 111110111 110010101 0010101 0010111 1110010011 11111010100 11 111110111 111110 01110010 1101001 01101 1011101 1110011 1011110 1110010101011 111110011001 011011010010 101111101 01100011010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word this is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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