This is an analysis of the poem Fight To A Finish that begins with:

The boys came back. Bands played and flags were flying,
And Yellow-Pressmen thronged the sunlit street ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdc Xdbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111111010 1101010111 01010101010 1101000101 0101110111 0100010111 10110110101 1100110101 1101110101 1101010111 1011010111 0111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Fight To A Finish;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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