This is an analysis of The Hunter by Ellis Parker Butler.

A full-fledged gun cannot endure
The trifling of an amateur;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcc abdd X eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,1,4,
  • Metre: 01111001 01001101 11000101 10010101 01010111 01010101 11100101 01010101 10 11110111 01010111 11110101 01000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 13