This is an analysis of the poem My Foe that begins with:
A Belgian Priest-Soldier Speaks;
GURR! You cochon! Stand and fight!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbaabbccbbddcceebbbbeebbff gghhaaiigg iibbiijjiiii kkcclljjgg iiddggddccaa ddaaddmm ddbbjjccee eebbiibbXiidd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,26,10,12,10,12,8,10,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101101 1110111 1110111 1011001 1111101 1010111 1111101 1110111 1110101 1110111 1011111 1110101 1011111 1011101 1110111 1111101 0011101 1010101 1010101 1011111 1010101 1110101 1110111 1100101 1010111 1111111 1110111 1110111 1010001 1011101 1010001 1010101 00100101 1000101 1011101 0111100 1110010 1111111 1010111 1010101 10100101 1111101 1110101 1110111 1111101 1111101 1111101 1011101 1110101 1010001 1000111 1000101 1111101 1110111 1011101 1111101 1011101 1111100 1110010 1110001 1011101 1110001 1110101 1110101 1010101 1011101 1010111 0110101 1011101 10101001 10100101 1111101 1110001 1010101 10001001 1110101 1110011 1010111 1010101 01110111 11011101 10010001 11010111 01111101 01001101 01010101 11011101 11011101 01110101 11111101 11011101 11110101 0111101 1111111 1111101 1110111 1010101 1110100 1110101 1010111 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 102
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, to, come, you, see, his, atone, pity are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, see, perished, where, god are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines atone is repeated).
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- summary of My Foe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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