This is an analysis of the poem The Enemy that begins with:

Would'st thou this monster, that we name the world,
Who round the envied tree of blissful fruit... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbccdeed fdfdddaaecce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 1101010101 110101 0101110001 1111010100 110101 0101011101 1111010101 0101100101 1101001101 1011011101 1101001101 1001100101 01001110100 110101 0101010001 1101010101 010001 0001010101 1011101101 1101010100 01010111001 1101011111 0111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 480
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, our, to, her are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Enemy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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