This is an analysis of the poem We Must Continue To Define Our Enemies that begins with:
We must continue to define our enemies,
With a finding who they are....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abX cX adX X XXbd cXXaX a cX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,3,1,4,5,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100011100 0010111 0010101001 111110 11100011 100101 11101 01001010110100 11101101111 1011111 110100 10010001 0110100 11 010001101010 11101010110 001111100 0010011 11101110 11101101 0010010100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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