This is an analysis of the poem The Struggle that begins with:
The Devil entered my heart, and in it saw an angel.
And in the twinkling of an eye a violent fight broke out between them....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXXXXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111001110 1001000110100111010 110101 10101010 1110111010101 1011010101001011 1101001101100010 110011111011010 1101001100101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 485
- Average number of words per stanza: 93
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Struggle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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