This is an analysis of the poem Give Me The Rifle that begins with:

Created recreational freedoms,
Kept within protected entitlements......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcade eeXfd aXeadgfb XXXXehXbX ag X d XfhbX cdX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,8,9,2,1,1,5,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010010 1010100100 11001110 101010001 010101 1011010010 1111010 10101001 0011110 110000101 1010110101 111101100 10101110 101011001 10001 111101 11000101010 110010011 1001010 10 011100101 00111111001 111101 111001 1011001 11001 010010 01101101 1101010110 1101010111 11010 11011111 110001100 1010110010011 01001111001 000101100 1101001 1010 11110010001 1100100010 111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Give Me The Rifle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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