This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Cattle Hunters that begins with:

While the morning light beams on the fern-matted streams,
And the water-pools flash in its glow, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdadAdDA XeXeecdCdDC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101101 101011001 101011001101 101011011 101011111001 001101001 101101011101 101001011 101101 011101 101001011 101011010110 101111001 11011101101 101011001 111001001001 1001011011 101101011101 01001001 101101 011101 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; beat, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word down is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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