Poem Analysis of Using Brooms With Sticks As Weapons by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Using Brooms With Sticks As Weapons that begins with:

Priests and monks fighting amongst themselves,
In a sacred place......

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Rhyme scheme: abbXX aXXab
Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: limerick
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111100101 00101 0010111010011 001001010010 1011111001 100101001 111010101 10111010100 110100010101110 10011101001100
Amount of stanzas: 2
Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
Average number of words per stanza: 41
Amount of lines: 10
Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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