This is an analysis of the poem You Picked This Conflict To Fight that begins with:

You had selected the time for battle.
With a predestined date for victory....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcXcXXdeeaadfXbXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001110 0011011100 10100101001 11101011101 0101010 11010011 1101111110101 10110010 01111111010 100101110 01001101 1 10101101 11001011111 1110 110010101011 1101001 1100101 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 643
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of You Picked This Conflict To Fight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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