This is an analysis of the poem Teaching The Benefits Of Conflict that begins with:

Teaching people how to fight,
With it done day and night......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXdbaecdfXa fX aXad gfX Xce daX ea Xgf d XXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,2,4,3,3,3,2,3,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 001111 10010010 1010100011010 110 10101001010 11010010011010 001000101010 010011100 100101101 1010100111100 01011010001101 101100010 0010101010001 11001101100 00101000110 1100100010 0101101010000 101101001111 001000110110 111 010 1100 11 100011010101 1100101001000 11 11100100010 001010010000 11000100100 110 1 0111 1001110100101110 1111011 111 01 1111101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, they are repeated.

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

  • summary of Teaching The Benefits Of Conflict;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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