import re
hitre = re.compile(r"(?P<critical>Critical!\s|.*)Your\s(?P<attack>.*)\shits\s(the)?\s(?P<monster>.*?)(\sfrom\sthe)?(?P<direction>.*?)\sfor\s(?P<damage>\d*)\spoints")

with open("cleanlog.txt","r") as log:
    for line in log:
        print(line)
        m = hitre.match(line)
        if (m!=None):
            print("critical"+m.group('critical'))
            print("attack"+m.group('attack'))
            print("monster"+m.group('monster'))
            print("direction"+m.group('direction'))
            print("damage"+m.group('damage'))


Your Circle Slash hits the wood weevil from the left for 213 points of damage.

critical:
attack: Circle Slash
monster:
direction: wood weevil from the left
damage: 213