This is an analysis of the poem The Firebombers that begins with:
We are America.
We are the coffin fillers. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXX XXXXcdcdcXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 110100 1101010 1101001 1100111000 01101010 101 010100110 1010 01001001 0101100 11011 1010010010 000110 0100 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Firebombers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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