This is an analysis of the poem The Pigeon Shooting that begins with:
They say that Monte Carlo is
A sunny place for shady people;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcaca dedXXaXX dfdfgege hihihfhf aaaadjdj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110100 010111010 101001001 110101010 11010001 010110010 11011101 111011110 110010111 011001010 01111101 011000101 011101001 011011010 111111110 11101011100 11010111 010110010 01010101 010101110 11010101 110101010 01110101 010111110 11110101 110101010 11011101 111101010 11111101 010101110 11011101 110111110 01010101 010111010 11000101 011100110 11111101 111111010 11110101 110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he's is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they, a are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Pigeon Shooting;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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