This is an analysis of the poem Swingin' Douglas that begins with:
There's a breeze about the mountains, it is singin' in the trees
A song to mock the little men who chose to live at ease,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeXaaff ggffaXhhddAiaa ccjjAeaakkadff kkllAammhhAcaa Xccaajjiijjaaff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,14,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010100010001 01010101110111 11111101110111 11101011111001 1011 11 10001 101100111010000 01100111010101 11011101011101 1011 11 10000 10111010111101 01110101111001 00110111011001 01110001010111 11110111111111 1011 101 10101 011010101010001 11010101110101 01110101100100 1011 101 10111 11010101010001 101110111011101 01011101010101 001110111010101 101000111011101 1011 101 10111 101011101010101 00101011111101 111010111110101 1011 101 10101 111010101110101 111011011000001 0011011101101 11000101010001 111000111110001 1011 101 10101 101010101010101 101110101010101 11011101010101 1011 101 10101 1011111010010101 01011111111100 0011011110101 000111101011011 11011111010101 011 011 011101 11111101111111 101010100011100 110111001110001 1011 11 10101 101110100011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, for, him, his, an', their, men, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, an', with are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines boy, boys, men are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Swingin' Douglas;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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