This is an analysis of the poem Dodging Bullets that begins with:
Never will a resolution,
Stick to fit......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXbXca cXabbddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001010 101 011010100 1011011 0001000111 0110 110100 10011 100010101 001111 1101 1010010 1101011101 101110110100 110011000111000 10100101000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dodging Bullets;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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