This is an analysis of the poem The Sniper that begins with:
Because back home in Tennessee
I was a champeen shot,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababb cacaa dedee bfbff aXXXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 110101 11010101 110111 110111 10010101 010110 01111111 110111 011111 11011111 110101 11010101 111111 010101 11011001 010111 010010111 110101 011111 11111101 110100 11010100 001000 11011101 011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sniper;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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