This is an analysis of the poem Friend And Enemy that begins with:
A prisoner, condemned to confinement for life, broke out of his prison and
took to head-long flight…. After him, just on his heels flew his gaolers...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb a bX cbX bbXX dcX aca da bb X XbXe XXea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,2,3,4,3,3,2,2,1,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100010010111100101 1011110111011010 001 11010100100100101 10101110100010010101 11011111 011011010101100100 1000101010101011011 101010101110100100 010011011010011011 10100110111101111 101111011001000110 111100100010 110110101111100 101011001111100 1 110101110110101001 01011110101001000 1010010001010111 0100101001101101111 0111010100100111 0101100100111001011 1110 1111001111101101000 1101101111110010 1001110110101101101 0100110101111100011 01 11111000110 10110100110000100100 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; his, to, but, and, not, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Friend And Enemy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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