This is an analysis of the poem The Heathen Pass-Ee that begins with:

Which I wish to remark,
And my language is plain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBABCb deXefe gegeae hihiXi gjgjij jjjjcj hkhkjk hlXlXl jejece lelebe jlXlfl hhhhXh dadaia mdmdXdXaBABCb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 111001 111111 111101 010110010 101111001 111010 101011 11001 111001 011010010 01010101 11101 111101 001001 111101 1010110111 111011001 011001 01011 11101 001001 1110010010 001101001 01001 111101 011001 100111 1111111010 001111011 110111 101011 001000 101001 011111110 111101001 101111 111001 111011 111101 1010010010 01001001 111101 101111 111011 101001 110001001 00111001 101001 111011 101011 011001 1110010110 101101001 111111 111011 11000011 101101 1111010110 111111011 01101 101001 1010110 0010001 0011111010 100111001 101001 111001 111101 111101 0011010010 010010001 001001 101001 111101 101011 1011010110 001001011 001001 001011 101001 001001 1110011010 111001101 101101 111001 111111 111101 010110010 101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 91
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The author used the same words but, in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Heathen Pass-Ee;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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