This is an analysis of the poem Prairie Waters By Night that begins with:

Chatter of birds two by two raises a night song joining a litany of running water--sheer waters
showing the russet of old stones remembering many...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa Xa aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111001110010001010110 100100110100101 1011111010001010110110 1101110011101000101011 00111011111100011111011 1111010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 82 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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