This is an analysis of the poem Sandhill People that begins with:

I TOOK away three pictures.
One was a white gull forming a half-mile arch from the pines toward Waukegan....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110 1101110011100101010 11010001010011010001111011 111101001001011110011001111001110010011101011101 110111 1101110110010101001101101110110 1101110110001101001011101010011101001 11011101110010001010101100111011011111101011011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 929
  • Average number of words per stanza: 177
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 102 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 20
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Sandhill People;
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