This is an analysis of the poem Lawless Pantoum that begins with:

Men are legally allowed to have sex with animals,
as long as the animals are female....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbc bdce dfeg fdgH dcHi dXia XAab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11100010110100 1110100111 10100010001100 0011100011 11101111 1100100111010110 01000100011 111001101001101010 1100100111010110 1010100110110101000010 0101001101010 1011001010001 010100110110101000010 110110100001 11001010001 010011010001010 0110100001 001111100110101 010011010001010 00010011001010101011 001110101 01010100010100101000 100010011001010101011 0010011001001111 0101000010100101000 11100010110100 101010011001001111 100010100010001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; as, genitals, to, s are repeated.

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  • summary of Lawless Pantoum ;
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