This is an analysis of the poem Shot? So Quick, So Clean An Ending? that begins with:

Shot? so quick, so clean an ending?
Oh that was right, lad, that was brave: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd ecec fgfg hchc eieiXadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 11111111 11111110 11010001 111111110 11111101 110111010 1010011 111101110 1010111 11101110 01111101 11101010 110101011 11101010 11110111 10101010 1110101 111101110 11111101 101111110 01110101 100001010 1011111 110111110 11110111 110111010 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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