This is an analysis of the poem Shoot From The Hip that begins with:

If you want to get it quick.
I shoot from the hip....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCd ecfgc fBXf GdffD ABCfEFaf ABEFgfXf X B g B X bfdXf CBXB GfXD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,8,8,1,1,1,1,1,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101 11001 10101110 11001001 011011100 1111 101 11111 111001 0110101 11001 01010001 110111 0011100 1110 011 10111001 010011 0110101 11001 10101110 1111 0101011100 1111001 10111010 011111110 0110101 11001 0101011100 1111001 0011100 0101011 10101111 1100 11101111 11001 10101010 11001 10111101 1111001 0111010 100011 1110111010 1111 10101110 11001 11011101 11001 0011100 10111 10111100 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, not, to, i, they are repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Shoot From The Hip;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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