This is an analysis of the poem The Patriot that begins with:

I am standing for peace and non-violence.
Why world is fighting fighting...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcbddbbXXXeXbXfbgfXgXggXhcaadihieXfahibbghcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111100 1101010 111001 1110001010 111011010 10100100101 11110101 11010100010 11101101101 101010110 100101010100 00111010 111010 1111000 101001101110 1101001110011 1101 101010 01010010101010 010010110 111110 1001010 0101101 1011 1111101001 0010100001010 111 10101010 111010011 10101010 1001011 0010110111101 1010101 111101 010010 100010001000 110 111101010 111011 11011 1111001010 1110 1101001 101101 11101001010 11110101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1416
  • Average number of words per stanza: 236
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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

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