This is an analysis of the poem The Secret Foe that begins with:
When now to battle he shall ride,
The bravest of the brave,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXd acac Xece fefeXfafa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 010001 1010101 110101 10111101 010101 11110101 110101 11010111 110101 11010101 101100 11010101 101111 01111101 110111 100100011 011101 01001111 110101 01000101 101011 100101011 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, lest are repeated.
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- summary of The Secret Foe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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