This is an analysis of the poem Martyr that begins with:

A militant, whom my lines
cannot hold whom my lips...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXXcacXaabaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100111 101111 101111 10111100 101001 011101 1100010 111011 110001 1001011 1100111 11101 001010 10111 100111 110100 011110 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 462
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; whom, my, cannot are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word cannot is repeated.

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  • summary of Martyr;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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