This is an analysis of the poem Eagle in New Mexico that begins with:
Towards the sun, towards the south-west
A scorched breast.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaXaac bdeeefc XagXefahgd eag ifjaek ekfXkh fg ikk Xj ff kdd Xka kgfk ikg agiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,10,3,6,6,2,3,2,2,3,3,4,3,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101011 011 01110011110 1011 110101001101 101110 01001001001 100010101001 0111010010010 0100111001001 101010 01110 01110 01011010 10100101010101 110 1011110111 11 1100 10111001111 1101 001 11 011 0111001100001 11011010111 10010101111 11101 111 011110 111111011010 1111 1010101 1010 110011101 1111001001 1101 111101110000 010010 101111111111111010 111011010010101101 1110001101111011101 1011101111 001001 110 10101101110100101001 100 11111 1111101010101001101 11101110 10100010 0101011011 011001001111010110 00101100110101 101101010 1110111110 11111101 1111 1001010 111100111 11001001010011 1111111110010 100101010111011 10100101 11111101011 1011010110110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; old, you, of, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, erect, in, does, is, fly are repeated.
The author used the same words you, does at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines feathers is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word above at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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