This is an analysis of the poem Wild West Poems that begins with:

Noon
2 tall gunmen walking slowly towards each other down Mathew St....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b cAXAbAAac X X cXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,9,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 11111010011101101 11110110001010 11 1101 11 110100101 11 11 11 0111 1011010010011001001010110110011110101010010111001011101010111110111 1011101011011 11110101001011101101101110011111010 0101011100101111001011101010011010011011101101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines then is repeated).

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