This is an analysis of the poem The Maori's Wool that begins with:
The Maoris are a mighty race -- the finest ever known;
Before the missionaries came they worshipped wood and stone; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc ddaaXXee fXgXhhcc aaXhggcc XbbbXXcc ffiihhcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010101010101 01010101110111 11011111110111 110111011101001 11010101010011 01011111110111 01010101011111 01111101110101 11011100010101 01000001100101 0110010100101111 01010111010101 1100011101001010 11010101011101 01110011010111 111011111110101 101010101110001 1111110101010100 01110100111101 01010101010101 11010101101101 01011101010101 11110101010101 01010101110101 11011000010101 010101010100101 1101010110100010 11011100110100 111110011101101 01111111110101 1100010010110101 01010111010101 01011100110101 10010100111101 01011111011101 11111101110101 110101011111001 101011101110100100 01000101011101 01011101110101 1100010100101101 11000100110001 11010111111111 110010101110101 11011101010111 110010111101101 11011100010101 01010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 495
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, in, or, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word au at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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