This is an analysis of the poem Psychological Warfare that begins with:

This above all remember: they will be very brave men,
And you will be facing them. You must not despise them....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdecXbX fdghi bhjcbkl mnchf ccea ofloafgenpleelkdXjlll akkljklXpejfadhccqk efXjkjjajhjpl kapbflamclo kaaXl amleaddlj ncmamiekXcXqbapb Xajocajrml gfackkkhilnarkepj Xqjcl cgjjdffkbehk lnjjabs elhXpdX oqppeajjjld ccckXlXaesXddcklepnepq coaXfjeecjfklrqkXpq
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,5,7,5,4,21,19,13,11,5,9,16,10,17,5,12,7,7,11,22,34,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110101001011 1100100111010 11111111010010 001001010110100 11110101001011011 111010110100110100 1101011010011110 1011001011111100 10010111101101 01101110010110 1100101010101001 11001001100001 10001010110010011 010100101111011 11101111100 1111101001010 0111010010111 101111110101 10010101101000011 101010010111 1010111 10110111 10101111111 1110011111111010 11010100001101 1110010 11101011110110110 0111101010011 110101001111010110 1011 011010011 100101101100 11000111110110 001100110101 1111110010101011 1101101101110100 00100101101110 1010100110110100 1011010010111 101011011011 11010011011010100101 00100010001100 010111110100 010101011001011001 001010111011000010 01011111111111111 1010110001010111 011000101010110 00100101011101 01101001011110 01 111011001 111111111001 110010010011110001010 11101110110110 1110100010010111011 1101011010001101 110100100101101 010101011111111 1111110100111101 010101111100100 11010011001001 111110011101110 101000111101011 11011101111001 11011001110001001 110101101111100 10001111100111 1101001001010110 11111001101011 11111001010110 11110011011111110 01010110000 110001010111111 1001111101001 01101010101010101 01101011000100 1001011010010 10010011010 1110010011010 1011111010100 10111110010100011 111111110111 110100100000010 11111011111111 0010100101011 101010010001011 1110110100001111010 101011101010111010 01001011010101010 111111001011101 1011110101111 1111011101 01100110110101101 10111111011 1110111001000111 001010111011001010 11111111 10111 11100 11111100111001 1101110100010001 10111011100100 1110101111111111 110100111001 110011010101 10110100101111 101011 010001 11100101010110 00101110111101011 0111111101010 1101011000101001 11101110110111 01011010110100 11100111001011 011111011 110110111011001 101010010010011010 1101101001011110 101001001100100 1010101111110 1101010001 11011001010010000 10111101010010110 111011011101 1111010010001 01000110110100011 1000010010110 11111001110111 1100111011110 0001001001110100 1101001111011 1110111101100101 1111011111010 0011010010011110 111100101001011 0101010100010 1101001110111010101 1110010010 111100000101001 11000010101010 1001101001001 11010101010010 110010011111111 11101111010010 10010110100010100100 1101101011010010 11101001100111110 1010011101010 1111100101101 1110010111110 111100011011 10101001001001 10110101010010 111111 101100 101001111101111 1111111111101 01010001101 010101111010001 1010110011010 01001010011100110 001111111101 1110111101111001 11110111010000110 01010010010 111111011000111100111 111101011101101 101011110101101 1011101001001101 1101010110101110 110110111010 11110011011010 1011101111 011011010100100 01100010100 110101010011011 0100111000100 1011011101 1011010101 111111 10111100111 1110111001 111010101101 0100010111101 101110000100100 100101001100101 10110011100 11010100001001010 00101001011011000 1001001000101 0111001100111 1111001 11010011110111 101101110110 11011101101111 01001111011110100011110 001000100101101 1110100111011010 1111010111111 1111101001010100 110100011000110 1100101000100110 11011101 101001011101 1101110101 10001101110110 101100101011100 10111011001010 0011001010011 01011101011 110010100 11101011011010 1101000101011 1001101110101 0101001011010011 11010101001010 1111011010100 11111001010010010 11011110010011 11010111011 1000111011010 0111101011010 010101101001110110 01110101100010010 101000010111101 111010110100 11001111010100 1011010111110 11101111 111010011111 1111100101001011 1101111110 1001011110101 1001010101111 110110101001 111011110110110 010100100101 1111000101001010101 11010011010001 11101111101 1110101110011 1111100101001 10011110101 10101111100101 111001100010011 011111110100111 0100 1101 11 1010 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 560
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 253
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, you, i, and, as, that, so, of, to, physique, it, they, in, he, dignity, mich, meaning, ergebe, said are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words had, may, i, without, and, on, of are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases something, dignity connect the lines.

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  • summary of Psychological Warfare;
  • central theme;
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