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

No doubt they’ll soon get well; the shock and strain
Have caused their stammering, disconnected talk. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccccc X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110111 11110010101 0111001101 11011101001 1101110111 1000010111 11110101101 01001110111 1111010111 10011111011 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; their is repeated.

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

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