This is an analysis of the poem With Dependence On Amendments that begins with:

Bullets shot from guns to find...
A reason for a need to wound....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA ABACBC AXd AEaCECE AEaCECE AA ABACBCEDBCEDEDXAAaDEDECEDEDEC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,3,7,7,2,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 01010101 1010101 111010 1011 010001 11110010 010001 1010101 010001 11 1010101 00101010 1 010001 00101010 111101 00101010 1010101 00101010 1 010001 00101010 111101 00101010 1010101 01010101 1010101 111010 1011 010001 11110010 010001 00101010 010101 11110010 010001 00101010 010101 00101010 010101 1010101 01010101 1 010101 00101010 010101 00101010 010001 00101010 010101 00101010 010101 00101010 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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

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