This is an analysis of The Story Of White Man Leading Viet Cong Patrol by Eric Torgersen.

The Story of White Man Leading Viet Cong Patrol
-AP Dispatch, Des Moines Register, August 4, 1968…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aX bcbb bdX dcccXe XaX bc dcXde Xbc Xc
  • Stanza lengths: 2,4,3,6,3,2,5,3,2,
  • Metre: 0100111001101 101111001011 01100010 1010001 11101 11101 0100101 110010 0011 1010 0111 0010001 1011 0010100100 11110 11111 101010 1111110 1010 100101010 100000101 100111 11111000 1111 101000110 10010 101101 011111 0100010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 32

Anaphora

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