This is an analysis of the poem That Terrifying Enemy that begins with:
Two weeks after I graduated from high school,
I was in the Air Force....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXbXbcdc XcecaXfdXX aXee GfGhGhbGbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,4,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011010011 110011 1010101 111101010 110011001 11011001 0010111 111101 11110101 11010111 101001 11001110111 1100001011 1101010001 11111111 10011 101011110110 11100111001 100101100 0110 11010101010010011 11011 110001 1011111 11011010100 111011010 11011010100 1110101 11011010100 111101 011011 11011010100 11010101 1001000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; we, has, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of That Terrifying Enemy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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