This is an analysis of the poem Collateral Damage that begins with:

Collateral damage,
Is difficult to fix......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcd adeF FXFdeFcFdd ABXfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,10,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010 010001 011001 110100001 0010010 001001 01011 00110 00110 10001 100110 010001 1 00110 0100101110 100110 1010101 00100101010 010010 010001 0 0110 10101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Collateral Damage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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