This is an analysis of the poem Pioneers that begins with:
They came of bold and roving stock that would not fixed abide;
There were the sons of field and flock since e’er they learned to ride; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa aacc ddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101111101 10010111111101 111101110101000 11010001011101 11110101011111 11110101110101 11110101010101 11010101111111 11011111011111 11010101111101 11011101010011 11011101010101 11110101111111 11010101110101 01110100110100 01001101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, twas, that, and, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words twas, the are repeated.
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- summary of Pioneers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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