This is an analysis of the poem Hunting Civil War Relics At Nimblewill Creek that begins with:

As he moves the mine detector
A few inches over the ground,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeafdggXh ibcdggfjhjXk aejjladXjiXd kdXclXibmhXf eXecjaiXdjXd gdjcbmbecXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 01101001 1001001 010111 110001 1001110 100111 01011 1111 011001010 0100 1010010 1011010 0100101 111111 0011 1101001 110111 0101 0110101 010101 010011 0100 111001011 11010 110111 0111 0110011 110101 100010 10110 1010011 1001001 101010 100 1111010 1101 0111 11101 1101111 1010111 101001 010110 0011 11110 1100101 1100 1100111 1100101 1111 1011101 0100001 1001101 01110 11010100 0101 01001001 001101101 1100 10110011 11010 00111011 0101011 01111110 01101 11011 0101 10110101 11111101 11010 1100 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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