This is an analysis of the poem The Name that begins with:
When a man or a woman died, something of theirs,
some token—a beaded belt, a pair of moccasins,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXcaXadbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101011001 1100101010100 0101010101 101010010110 1111111 110101010 11101101010 11000101001 110001 11001011101 111110101 001010110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 504
- Average number of words per stanza: 96
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; not is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Name;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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