This is an analysis of the poem A.E.F. that begins with:
There will be a rusty gun on the wall, sweetheart,
The rifle grooves curling with flakes of rust. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXaXXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100010110111 0101100101 010010101100 10101000 01010110110010 111010011001101 11011011000010 0001001101010000101 1010101111001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 489
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, be, it are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of A.E.F.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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