This is an analysis of the poem Ossawatomie that begins with:
I DON'T know how he came,
shambling, dark, and strong....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab Xca X dacXdXdbaaXeXXea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,1,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 10111 110010111 11011110111111011110110010110 1111110101110 11110110110101101110 111001 11111111 11111 101111 1111101 1001010001 111101101 10111 1110101110 11111 10110101 10111010111 11111111010 11010101111 1101111100111 1001101110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 969
- Average number of words per stanza: 185
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, people, and, him, they, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ossawatomie;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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