This is an analysis of the poem Foes that begins with:

You've got foes.
I've got foes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAAAbCDeeXXXXXXAAAAbCDe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 111 101011111 1011 110 1011101011 10100110 11110111 1 0010010101001 101001 1100101 110111 1010100111 111 111 101011111 1011 110 1011101011 10100110 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 307
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; got, foes, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word you've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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