This is an analysis of the poem The Fight With Self that begins with:

WALL have fights to make with self,
And these are the bitterest fights of all,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc XdXdXbXb efefbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110101 1110100101 110110101 0010101101 110110101 00101100111 010100111 111111101 010110011 1100100101 11111101010 110010001 111101111 010111111 1100110100 111100101 1011110111 011101101 010111101 11110110101 110100101 0100100111 0010111101 010110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, for, fight are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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  • summary of The Fight With Self;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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