This is an analysis of the poem The Rabbit Catcher that begins with:

It was a place of force—
The wind gagging my mouth with my own blown hair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbc XadeX Xbfdg daech hhXaX Xaggf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 01101101111 10111101 10100101001 100001011 11001000001 011 0011000101010 11101000110 100100110 111011010 10001 011000010 1011110001 1010110 11111 01001 10100110100 01011011 01010 1101100101 111101111 100110 1101011101 11011110101 111100101 110011 111001101101 1011111 001010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.

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  • summary of The Rabbit Catcher;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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