This is an analysis of the poem Rita And The Rifle that begins with:

Between Rita and my eyes
There is a rifle ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcaacXXacdCaXbXXadaeeXCaadXeaacAb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110111 10010 1010110 111 0001000110101 11110 1111 110101101 111110010001 1101010 0101001001 110 01111010101100 1100101 1011010 101101011 10101010011 1111010110 111011111 111100 100110001 111001011 110101 110 1010101111101 010111110101 10101 101001 0010111100011 01110101 10101011010 110 0110111 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1020
  • Average number of words per stanza: 199
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, rita's are repeated.

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