This is an analysis of the poem Adversaries that begins with:
Who are these that meet
At random in the street?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdd XXccaaXXeeffgg aahheeiiffggffjj aabbffgaaddcchhkkllddXiiXiibbff gXaammaaeegg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,14,16,31,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 110001 101011 11111 10111 111100 110001 010101 1010111 010101 101100 110110 100011 110101 100101 1101011 110101 010111 0110001 011101 0101001 011101 010101 101100 010111 100101 100111 110001 010101 10001 010101 010010 010111 011101 010111 001111 010001 1001011 011101 110111 111101 011001 010101 1000101 110101 100111 010101 100001 010101 110101 010111 110101 011101 110101 110101 111101 000101 010101 110101 110101 110101 010010 010101 110001 011101 1101001 110101 011011 110101 1100101 0101001 110011 11100 111001 111101 010101 001101 001101 010101 010001 110101 111101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 436
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 83
- 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; her, of, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, her, of, his are repeated.
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- summary of Adversaries;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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