This is an analysis of the poem Maveric that begins with:

Maveric Prowles
Had Rumbling Bowles...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXababbXbXcXbabdadcXbbdXdbbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 11001 110001 01011101 110101 0101 1101 110101 110100101 1010101 1101 110010 01101 111100011 111101 1111 1011 110101 1111111 011111 11001 1111 011111 01011001 111111 1111 0001 010001 11010001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 750
  • Average number of words per stanza: 146
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Maveric;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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