This is an analysis of the poem The Piute that begins with:

Unbeautiful is the Piute!
Howe'er bedecked with bravery,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaab XccX dcXd eXae fggf bXXb haah iXai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1000001 100010100 01000100 011101 11010101 01010100 11000100 100110 01010101 11100100 11011100 010001 01010001 11001000 11010100 110111 11010101 1000100 01010100 111101 11010101 11110100 11000100 100001 11011001 01000100 01000100 110001 11110101 01001000 11000100 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; it is repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Piute;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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