This is an analysis of the poem A Tall, Strapping Shot, You, Considerate Hunter... that begins with:

A tall, strapping shot, you, considerate hunter,
Phantom with gun at the flood of my soul,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX cdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011010010 1001101011 1101111010 1101101011 1101010110 1111001111 11110010010 1011011011 11010110010 1101111111 0101011010 1111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, in, my are repeated.

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