This is an analysis of the poem Ancapagari that begins with:

In the morning of the tribe this name Ancapagari was given to these mountains. The name, then alive, spread into the world and never returned....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001000101100001100110011011000111001100001111010111100111111000010011111101110100011101010100101010110110101001011110100110000111001010111010 1110110011010100101101010111010010101010 11011010101111010100101010101101010100110100111110 10000110010110010110010110101101100001001001100010011110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 290 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 50
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, ancapagari, of, to, and, into, you, your, another, it, for, roots, these, name are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Ancapagari;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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