This is an analysis of the poem Defiance that begins with:
Tighten my fetters.
Confiscate my papers ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbbXaaaacXcXXaaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110 101110 1101 11101 10001001 101 1001 00100101 01 010 1101010101 0011 0010 1001 100 0010001 10101 1010011 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 421
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, in are repeated.
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