This is an analysis of the poem Along The Prairie Trail that begins with:
I know it's only dreaming, and it never may be more,
But I'm thinking, as I have done many and many a time before,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbbXccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101010101 10101111101100101 11110101110101 1111110010101 11110111110111 11100101110101 1100110101110101 1111011010101 1111011111101 11110111010111 11111101111111 1111011010101 1101110101111 11010101010101 01111111011111 1111010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i'd are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word trail at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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