This is an analysis of the poem The Foreigner that begins with:
Have at you, you Devils!
My back's to this tree,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdb edfded agfgXg dahaea Xfafff Xgdgcg ceheX e eaeaea cbfbdb fhXhch deieae jcjcec bhahahXeeiebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,5,1,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 11001 111011 101101 101101 11111 10100100 10011 101111 101001 010011 11001 111011 101001 011001 111101 1110110 01011 11111 111101 101011 101011 010010 11101 11011 111111 11001 010101 110110 11111 110110 110101 01111 111011 001011 001101 101011 101011 101011 111011 1010111 01111 011010 101111 1010010 01101 0111001 101101 1111100 01001 010010 01001 110110 11101 111110 01111 1110110 11011 101011 111101 111111 001001 111101 001001 111111 111011 111011 101011 111001 001001 0011110 11101 001001 11111 11111 111101 11111 1110001 101111 101110 001011 111011 101001 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 85
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, you are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Foreigner;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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