This is an analysis of the poem The Civil War that begins with:
I am torn in two
but I will conquer myself....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcdefXgfd c ceXfcbbfhc gbbgfhXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,1,10,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 1101011 101101 10110 111010 101011 111010 100101 1101110 101101001 001000110 11010 01110 111101 0010110 1111111 1001001 111101 110 10011 11110101110 1101010 1101001 11011001 011010 1011 1001 111111 11110 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, like, others are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Civil War;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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