This is an analysis of the poem A Man that begins with:

Pennoyer, Governor of Oregon,
Casting to South his eye across the bourne... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaXXbcXXddeXfXeddgXabheidXjX AeXkckbXXjXjhcX AjeX gikfdadXiXekdXkA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,15,4,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001000101 1001010101 0001010100 0101011001 01001010101 1101110101 0101000101 1111010100 1101011101 0111011001 011001100 10111101110 1110111111 0101000101 1111000111 1100111101 11001000111 1011001111 0111010111 0111011111 0101000101 1101010101 1011010111 1000010101 11111000101 0101000101 1101001011 1101001101 1001000101 1001011101 0101110110 0101010101 1110110111 1101110011 1001110011 0101001110 1111010001 11101011001 1101010110 1101111101 0101010111 0101010001 1100110111 1001000101 1001110100 1101000101 11000111010 01111010101 1001010101 0101110101 0111011101 01001010111 1001000101 1111110111 0011100111 10010011101 11010101100 1001011101 01100000111 0101010111 0101010111 0101010101 1001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of, and, as, their, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word pennoyer at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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