This is an analysis of the poem Cheap Shot Takers that begins with:

Faking how what and who terminated,
From retired positions and when....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX bccaa Xbcbd daaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111010 00101011 0101101010 01000101000 11110 10101001 11001 11111110101 011101001011 1011 110110100 0110100 0101011 0101101010100 110001000 100001 111001110 110000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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