This is an analysis of the poem One Against The World that begins with:

It's my opinion - though I own
In thinking so I'm quite alone -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbbbdeed efdefd bbbggbXbahha agdaXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,12,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 01010101 01010101 11110101 01010011 110100111 11011101 11110100 11111111 11011101 01010101 01011101 1101 1101 1101 1101 0101 1101 11110111 11011111 11101111 11111111 11111110 11111101 11011111 01010101 110101 11011101 01011101 10010111 1111 0101 0101 0101 1100 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, they, think are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word wrong at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of One Against The World;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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